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2006, 19:08 GMT 20:08 UK Zim union men 'deserved beating'
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe President Mugabe is due to
retire in 2008 Zimbabwean union leaders who claim they were
assaulted and tortured by police deserved their treatment,
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said.  Lawyers claim that
police assaulted at least a dozen union members before a planned
protest on 13 September.  "When the police say move, move," Mr
Mugabe told the official Herald newspaper. "If you don't move,
you invite the police to use force."  He said the protesters
were trying to attract US and British attention.  The planned
demonstration over Mr Mugabe's handling of the economy was
called off after at least 50 people were arrested before the
protest.  'A revolt'  Lawyers for the arrested union leaders say
that at least 12 of them were left needing hospital treatment by
police, with Zimbabwe Council of