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The arrest of Judge Paradza
Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)
February 19, 2003

The Trustees of the Legal Resources Foundation wish to express their concern at the unprecedented arrest of Mr Justice Paradza, a sitting Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe, on allegations that he attempted to obstruct the course of justice.

The LRF condemns the arrest and subsequent detention overnight of Mr Justice Paradza as unwarranted and high-handed. It is the view of the LRF that an internal inquiry ought to have been conducted in the first instance by the Judge President into allegations levelled against Mr Justice Paradza before criminal proceedings were invoked against the Judge.

The unseemly haste with which the Judge was arrested and detained is an affront to the dignity of the Office of Judge and creates in the minds of the public an unfortunate impression that Mr Justice Paradza is being harassed for making judicial pronouncements that have not been favourable to the authorities.

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