|
Back to Index
This article participates on the following special index pages:
Violence, recrimination and arrests after policeman's death in Glen View - Index of articles
Police
deny lawyers access to detained residents
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
May 31, 2011
Police on Tuesday
31 May 2011 denied lawyers access to several residents of Glenview
suburb, Harare, who were picked up and detained
following the death of a police officer on Sunday 29 May 2011 in
the capital.
The human rights
lawyers, Charles Kwaramba and Marufu Mandevere of Mbidzo, Muchadehama
and Makoni Legal Practitioners, who are members of Zimbabwe Lawyers
for Human Rights (ZLHR) were denied access to their clients when
they visited Harare Central Police Station, where some of their
clients were detained.
The police told
the lawyers that they could not entertain them as they were holding
meetings. The police advised the lawyers that they were still carrying
out investigations and would likely press murder charges against
the detainees on Wednesday.
The Glenview
residents were picked up by the police on Sunday evening and Monday
morning as the police responded to the death of an officer who allegedly
died after a confrontation as the police attempted to break up a
meeting at a shopping centre in the suburb.
Visit the ZLHR
fact
sheet
Please credit www.kubatana.net if you make use of material from this website.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License unless stated otherwise.
TOP
|
