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By Robert Tapfumaneyi
ON a very Wednesday cold evening, dozens of MDC Alliance members were left frustrated after receiving a phone call that their bailed-out compatriots, Joanna Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri had sneaked out of Chikurubi Female Prison.
The duo was granted $20 000 bail each Wednesday midday by High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi.
They had been incarcerated for 62 days and left the heavily fortified prison around 21.30 hrs.
The two are facing charges of violating Covid-19 regulations after addressing the media at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts last March.
However, the MDC Alliance youthful supporters who had braved the cold weather and gathered from as early as 6 pm to give their colleagues a ‘hero’s welcome’ were left disappointed after being told Mamombe, the MP for Harare West, and Chimbiri, had since left the prison.
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By Staff Reporter
A LEADING human rights organisation, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, has raised strong concerns over the continuing rise in violations especially arbitrary arrests and torture mainly of opposition activists by law enforcement agents.
This is contained in the Forum’s latest situational report for the period 6 to 23 April 2021.
“The human rights terrain in the country continued to deteriorate with the arrest, conviction, and torture of dissenting voices, on seemingly frivolous charges being observed,” the reports noted.
“It is disheartening to note the forced removal of Harare West Member of Parliament Joanna Mamombe from Parktown Hospital where she had been receiving treatment after her health condition deteriorated at Chikurubi (Female) Prison.
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