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Madhuku and NCA members released
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
November 11, 2005

The NCA Chairperson Lovemore Madhuku and other NCA members were last night released from police custody without any charges – thereby proving that the regime is just after intimidating its citizens.

Madhuku had been detained at Stodart Police Station on Tuesday. Other members were arrested earlier on Saturday after taking part in the NCA organised demonstrations in all major cities in the country.

We congratulate the Attorney General’s Office for finally seeing sense. It is illegal to deprive someone of their freedom on that grounds that the police are investigating him/her. Investigations must be made first before a citizen is arrested.

We view the arrests as well calculated acts of intimidation by the regime coming after the NCA’s successful staging of nationwide peaceful demonstrations last Saturday calling for a democratic constitution that can help bring democracy and prosperity to Zimbabwe.

We are consulting our lawyers with the view to suing the state for unlawfully detaining our members in police cells that are unfit for human habitation.

Despite all this intimidation, the NCA remain focused on fighting for a democratic constitution.

Jessie Majome
NCA Spokesperson

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