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Mwonzora still in custody
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
March 03, 2011
Constitutional
Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) co-chairperson and Nyanga
North legislator, Honourable Douglas Mwonzora remains in custody
as lawyers await the High Court's response to the bail application
made yesterday.
Gwisai
transferred to Chikurubi Maximum Prison
Arrested socialist
activist Munyaradzi Gwisai, Hopewell 'Musavhaya' Gumbo
and 36 other activists were today, 3 March 2011 transferred to Chikurubi
Maximum Remand Prison while the other 8 remain at Harare Remand
Prison. However, all the activists were examined by private doctors
at the Harare Remand Prison as per Magistrate Mutevedzi's
order. The 46 are facing charges of plotting to unseat a 'democratic
government, Egyptian style'. They are set to appear in court
on the 7th of March 2011.
WOZA
activists tortured in custody
The seven members
of the Women
of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) who were arrested on the 28th of February
and released yesterday evening were allegedly tortured while in
police custody with one of them suffering a ruptured ear, the Coalition
has learnt. According to a doctor's report, one of the activists'
ear drum suffered permanent damage. The seven were arrested while
attending a burial society meeting and were charged with Contravening
Section 37 (1) (a) (i) of the Criminal
Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23; "Acting
together with one or more other persons with him/her in any place
realising that there is a real risk or possibility of disturbing
peace, security or order of the public". The seven were released
on fifty dollars bail and order to report to the Law and Order Section
of Bulawayo Central Police Station twice a week on Mondays and on
Fridays. They were ordered to surrender their traveling documents,
not to interfere with witnessed and lastly to reside at their given
addresses.
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