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ROHR
demonstrates against detentions in Harare
Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR)
February 26, 2009
Restoration of Human
rights Zimbabwe (ROHR) Zimbabwe held a demonstration today in Harare
in a campaign towards the attainment, protection and promotion of
political and civil liberties of Zimbabweans under the new inclusive
government. ROHR Zimbabwe a staged similar demonstration at the
courts last week Thursday 18 February 2008 demanding the release
of all political and human rights activists.
More than 30 human rights
and political detainees are still in detention since November 2008
despite all stakeholder calls for their release. Fifteen days into
the inclusive government, the State seems as adamant and determined
as ever in efforts to ensure that true justice does not prevail
for the victims of the State's vindictive campaign. ROHR Zimbabwe
is of the view that the legal processes currently underway are being
used as a way to prolong the incarceration of the people in question.
To worsen the
plight of prisoners of conscience, the State has invoked section
121of the Criminal
Procedures and Evidence Act twice since this year since the
formation of the Inclusive Government. The section mandates the
Attorney general or any one representing him to suspend a court
order to allow the state to appeal against the ruling. On 19 February
2009 the Director of Prosecution Ms Florence Ziyambi invoked the
section after Judge Ormergie granted bail to Zecharia Nkomo, Chinyota
Zulu, Regis Mujeyi and Mapfumo Gurutsa. The same section was invoked
by Prosecutor Chris Mutangadura following Justice Tedius Karwi's
order granting the deputy Minister of Agriculture designate and
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Tresurer bail.
These demonstrations
outside the courts are held under the theme "Free human rights
and political Prisoners" whose primary objective is to seek
the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience who were unlawfully
abducted, arrested and detained in 2008 on trumped up charges and
are still in detentions at Chikurubi Prison and other places of
detentions. The long term objective is to see a Zimbabwe that respects
people's civil political rights, abstains from unlawful abductions
and prolonged detentions of journalists, human rights and political
activists and actively promote human rights and political activities
in the country.
ROHR Zimbabwe will continue
to engage in civil actions in Zimbabwe until all detained journalists,
human rights and political prisoners are set free!
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