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Police take aim at Madhuku and student leader
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
March 01, 2011

Police on Tuesday 1 March 2011 summoned National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairperson Lovemore Madhuku to stand trial for allegedly organising a demonstration in 2006.

Two unidentified plain clothes policemen served Madhuku with the summons at Harare Magistrates' Court, where he was attending the case of 45 social and human rights activists who have been charged with treason.

The police want Madhuku to appear in court on 16 March 2011 to answer charges of contravening Section 24 (1) of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) [Chapter 9:15] in that he allegedly failed to comply with an order given by the regulatory authority.

The police allege that Madhuku unlawfully organised a demonstration on 1 November 2006 at Africa Unity Square without notifying the police.

Meanwhile, lawyers were on Tuesday night searching police stations in Harare to locate the whereabouts of student leader, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, who was reportedly arrested by the police on yet unclear charges.

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