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ZINASU President released
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) (Chinyere)
March 31, 2010

The ZINASU President and 11 other student activists have finally been released....

The ZINASU President, Joshua Chinyere and 12 other students who were arrested for leading a demonstration in Harare on the 29th of March 2010 have finally been released on USD20 bail each. The students were represented by Mr Zhwarara a lawyer with the ZLHR. They were charged with public nuisance. The arrested students were in police custody for more than 48 hours and appeared at the Rotten Row Magistrate Court at 2:30pm today. They were further remanded to 15 April 2010.

Gweru

Police in Gweru are looking for the ZINASU Education and Research Officer, Artwell Chidya who was leading the protest in Gweru on the 29th of March. The police claim that the students did not use the route that they had given them and hence Cde Chidya should be charged for contravening an order given to him on the 26th of March 2010 by the police. These charges are politically motivated and baseless as the police are just frustrated as they thought the demonstration would flop. The protest was highly attended with 200 students participating from colleges in and around the Midlands province.

ZINASU will not take lightly the victimisation of students by state apparatus and will make efforts to meet the three principals in the Inclusive Government seeking an explanation as to why cases of human rights violations continue to resurface considering that it is the duty and responsibility of them to guarantee freedom of expression, movement, association and speech.

Students have vowed to continue with the protests until a level of normalcy prevails in the education sector.

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