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Manyere seized again
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
March 01, 2010

Prison guards from the Zimbabwe Prison Service (ZPS) on Monday 1 March 2010 seized and detained freelance photo-journalist journalist Andrison Manyere and handed him over to the police for allegedly taking pictures of some alleged coup plotters without seeking the permission of ZPS Commissioner Paradzai Zimondi outside the Harare Rotten Row Magistrates Court.

Manyere was seized around 10:00 am as he took pictures of the alleged coup plotters who had been brought by prison guards for a court appearance on allegations that they attempted to escape from Chikurubi Maximum Prison, where they have been held since their arrest in 2007.

The prison guards detained Manyere in their cells at the basement of the Rotten Row Magistrates Court until around lunchtime before they surrendered him to some plain clothes policemen from the Law and Order Section at the Harare Central Police Station, where he is currently being interviewed.

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) member Alec Muchadehama and ZLHR projects lawyer Tawanda Zhuwarara are representing the freelance journalist.

Manyere's apprehension is the second one inside one week after he was seized last Wednesday by some ZANU PF youths for covering their demonstration in which they protested against the imposition and maintenance of targeted travel sanctions on their party leaders.

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