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Chief Justice Chidyausiku to preside over abductees appeal
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
April 03, 2009

Supreme Court Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku will on 06 April 2009 at 11:AM preside over the appeal against the denial of bail by High Court Judge Justice Yunus Omerjee to three political detainees namely Gandhi Mudzingwa, Kisimusi Dhlamini and photo-journalist Andrison Manyere.

Justice Chidyausiku was initially scheduled to preside over the appeal on Thursday 02 April 2009 at 10:00 AM but postponed the hearing to 06 April 2009 after the Attorney General (AG)'s Office represented by one Chikosha applied for a postponement on the basis that one of the AG's law officers Chris Mutangadura was in Tanzania and would only be available on Monday 06 April 2009.

Background

On 19 March 2009 High Court Judge, Justice Yunus Omerjee, granted defence lawyers representing the three political detainees the right to appeal in the Supreme Court. The defence lawyers had sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court after the High Court denied bail to the three detainees. In granting leave to appeal to the Supreme Court Omerjee says that another court may arrive at a different conclusion in relation to bail. The three who were abducted last December and are facing terrorism charges are jointly charged with Regis Mujeyi, Chinoto Zulu, Zacharia Nkomo and Mapfumo Garutsa. Mujeyi, Zulu, Nkomo and Garutsa were recently released from Chikurubi Maximum Prison on bail. Manyere remains incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison while Dhlamini and Mudzingwa are detained under prison and police guard at the Avenues Clinic, where they are being treated for injuries sustained during their abduction and subsequent police and prison detention.

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