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Beatings and arrest of NCA activists
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
November 01, 2006

University of Zimbabwe
At around 1500hrs Tafadzwa Mugabe Project Lawyer Human Rights Defenders and Public Interest Litigation at ZLHR attended to the University of Zimbabwe with Tineyi Mukwewa, SEC President and ZLHR Intern with a view to collecting his suspension letter and getting an understanding of the charges that are being leveled against him.

Upon arrival the University of Zimbabwe Security Guards were as usual quite unhelpful and promised that the ZRP (Avondale) was coming to collect Tineyi as they held instructions to detain him on behalf of ZRP. Lawyer Tafadzwa then had to offer to go and collect the ZRP so the police can get on with their investigations and interrogation of Tineyi in the presence of his lawyer. Upon arrival at Avondale Police Station the Investigating Officer (I/O) in the matter with nearly the whole Station were rather excited and all on their way out, guns blazing etc, as it appeared that there was some action in their territory. As a result they refused to attend to Tineyi's matter ahead of this task. The I/O, one Assistant Inspector Kadonzvo indicated that we would be able to proceed to do the paper work tomorrow morning. As of now Tineyi is in custody at Avondale Police Station.

Harare Polytechnic
In another matter, Tafadzwa Mugabe attended this morning at Harare Polytechnic College where there was a hearing for the SEC President of the Harare Polytechnic Tawanda Gumbie. The hearing was a disaster as the Committee erroneously believed that the lawyer was only supposed to be an observer of the proceedings and not say anything. Objections to this procedure were all overruled to the extent that we opted to have the matter decided on the papers. A written statement to the charges had been prepared which was sufficient for answering the charges. Be that as it may we expect a guilty verdict as usual since the Committee was determined to proceed with the hearing without offering the defence the opportunity to submit its arguments. An application to set aside the proceedings is prepared.

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