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State to press new charges against activists
Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD)
July 10, 2012

COTRAD offices have been raided and besieged by heavy-handed police officers led by D.C Mauka and Chavanhu from the Masvingo Law and Order department. The raid was done today at 14.00 hours in a follow up to the persecution of 13 activists who were arrested last week on Wednesday.

The state is pressing fresh charges in which they are alleging that youth activists who participated in a peaceful march last Wednesday stoned a Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) vehicle. The allegations mounting against the activists are that they participated in malicious damage to property.

The state is desperate to build up a case after the Masvingo Magistrate Courts granted bail to the 5 who were part of the initial 13 activists who were incarcerated by the state agents.

COTRAD mulls at the lack of professionalism from the policing department of the republic of Zimbabwe. The allegations of malicious damage to property were never included in the initial allegations which were leveled against the youth activist pointing to the fact that the state is desperate to build a case against the activist.

COTRAD will continue to demand the institutionalization of adequate security sector reforms in the fight to liberate Zimbabwe.

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