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Concern over arrested NCA members
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
July 13, 2006

The NCA is worried and concerned at the manner in which police continues to detain its members following yesterday’s peaceful demonstrations in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Gweru and Masvingo.

Following the release of some of the arrested late last night, a number of NCA members still remain detained by police in Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare as of this morning. 128 NCA members are currently in police custody in Harare. 12 are detained in Mutare while 5 are being held by police in Bulawayo. Some few members were released yesterday without any charges leveled against them. Initially throughout the country 411 members had been arrested.

The NCA reiterates that its members are being held illegally considering that they did nothing that threatens public order and security. As proof to this, the police have not yet charged the arrested NCA members. In Harare, the police have even denied the NCA lawyer access to the arrested NCA members. Difficulties are also being encountered in trying to provide food for the detained that are currently languishing in police cells without any charges being pressed on them. It will also be strange for the state to solicit for the so-called Admission of Guilt from the arrested considering that they have not committed any crime.

For more information on the fate of the arrested, lawyers who are handling the cases may be contacted on phone numbers: 091 234 891 and 091218754 (Harare), 011634 732 (Bulawayo) and 011 210 849 (Mutare).

More information can also be obtained through the following numbers:

NCA Information Department

Visit the NCA fact sheet

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