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Statement
on Arrests and detention of Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni
Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
May 08, 2007
The Zimbabwe Congress
of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is shocked by the arrests and detention of
prominent lawyers, Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni of Mbidzo,
Makoni and Muchadehama law firm.
We believe that this
is a deliberate ploy to intimidate the two as they have been on
the forefront in representing trade unions, civic and opposition
groups in the face of government crackdown and brutality. The arrests
come as the firm is representing human rights activists accused
of petrol bombing police stations, hence we are inclined to believe
that government will do anything in their power to ensure that justice
is not delivered.
To worsen the situation,
Muchadehama has been detained at the notorious Matapi cells, a place
that has been condemned by the courts as unfit for human habitation
and has also become a government torture chamber. The Zimbabwean
government, through the police and army, has become paranoid as
evidenced by the widespread arrests, detention and torture of innocent
citizens.
The High Court issued
an order that the two be released but the police continued to detain
them until Monday May 7 2007. This is a clear case of contempt of
court thus, the ZCTU demands the unconditional release of Muchadehama
and Makoni and that the trumped up charges against the two be dropped.
J. Moyo
Acting Secretary General
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