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NUST students released from custody
Student Solidarity Trust
April 20, 2009

Ten National University of Science and Technology (NUST) students have been released from police custody on strict bail conditions today. The ten, Keith Chigumo, Tawanda Saiti, Trevor Simbarashe, Lawrence Bhebhe, Evans Musara, Daniel Hwacha, Kennedy Chizama, Michael Zvinowanda, Brighton Mukuvari and Fortune Karimanzira were remanded to the 4th of May 2009.They were released after paying US10 each and are to report at Bulawayo Central Police Station every Wednesday as well as to reside at their given addresses up to the finalization of their case.

Their charge was changed from malicious damage to property to public violence. The ten have been languishing in police cells for the past five days. Two of the students sustained serious injuries after being assaulted by a University security guard a Mr. Banda. One student sustained a suspected fracture while other is having blurred vision after being hit on the nose bridge by a truncheon. The students were arrested following a demonstration on campus after NUST authorities put up notices to the effect that students who had not fully paid up their tuition fees will not be able to sit for their examinations. The students were represented by Christopher Dube-Banda from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).

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