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Strikes and Protests 2007/8 - Students
Students
further remanded, lawyer refers matter to the Supreme Court
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU)
February 28, 2007
ZINASU President
Promise Mkwananzi, UZ Secretary General Maureen Kademaunga and NUST
Legal Secretary Lawrence Mashungu have been remanded to the 28th
of March 2007.
The Lawyer representing
the three,Mr Bernad Chidziva has referred the matter to the supreme
court on constitutional issues arguing that the charges are frivolous
and vestaxious and threfore do not warrant the students to be continually
brought to court.The Lawyer will also challenge the constitutionality
of their arrest and raise the inhuman and degrading treatment that
they were subjected to while in the custody of the police.
The student
Leaders have instructed the Lawyer to challenge the sections of
POSA
that the police abuse to apprehend the students as being ultravires
the constitution. ZINASU President Promise Mkwananzi has vowed to
take the matter to the African Union and appealed to the lnternational
students and the lnternational comminity at large to pile
pressure on the incumbent government to allow students to meet and
discuss issues affecting them.He promised that the struggle would,in
spite of the obtaining repressive environment continue unabated
and further called on the students to embrace calls for a national
class boycott to press for the alleviation of the problems bedevelling
the students movement.
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