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High Court to preside over AG's appeal against Mwonzora and villagers' bail order
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
February 28, 2011

Nyanga North Member of Parliament and Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) co-chairperson Hon. Douglas Mwonzora and 23 villagers will remain incarcerated at Mutare Remand Prison until Friday when the High Court will consider an appeal against their bail order which was filed on Friday 25 February 2011 by the Attorney General's Office.

Hon. Mwonzora and the 23 villagers who were arrested two weeks ago and charged with violating section 36(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for public violence were granted bail by Nyanga Magistrate Ignatio Mhene on Monday 21 February 2011.

But Magistrate Mhene's bail order was vetoed after State prosecutor, Tirivanhu Mutyasiri invoked the notorious Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (CPEA) to suspend the bail order which had been granted to Hon. Mwonzora and the villagers.

Edmore Nyazamba, a law officer in the AG's Office filed the appeal which was only served on Hon. Mwonzora's lawyers Jeremiah Bamu and Tawanda Zhuwarara of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on Monday 28 February 2011.

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