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Media
lawyer's trial deferred to an unspecified date
MISA-Zimbabwe
June 17, 2009
The trial of
media and human rights lawyer, Alec Muchadehama which was scheduled
for 17 June 2009 failed to commence after the Attorney General's
office indicated that it could not continue with the proceedings
presently.
The Attorney General's
office through its prosecutor Andrew Kumire, communicated that it
intended to join another unspecified person to the proceedings and
therefore needed more time to gather the requisite evidence where
after the trial proceedings would then resume upon notification
to the accused.
Commenting on the new
developments, Beatrice Mtetwa who was representing the Muchadehama
said that this was an apt sign of abuse of the Attorney General's
prosecutorial powers for purposes of persecution. She further noted
that Kumire was not even appraised as to the correct factual position
of how the case actually transpired.
Background
Muchadehama
is being charged under section 184 of the Criminal
Procedure and Evidence Act for obstructing the course of justice.
The charges arise from allegations that Muchadehama connived with
Justice Bhunu's clerk in facilitating the release on bail of freelance
photojournalist, Shadreck Andrison Manyere from Chikurubi Maximum
Prison and Movement for Democratic Change activists Kisimusi Dhlamini
and Gandhi Mudzingwa who were under hospital detention at the Avenues
Clinic.
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