Friday, January 23, 2009

WOZA leaders in court for remand hearing

On Thursday, a Bulawayo magistrate set aside a ruling on a case against the leaders of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), who are facing two ‘nuisance’ charges for organizing demonstrations. Jennie Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were arrested in October 2008 and June 2008 and were charged under the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act and Miscellaneous Offences Act respectively. Both draconian Acts deal with issues relating to ‘acting in a manner which is likely to lead to a breach of the peace or to create a nuisance, disturbing peace, security or order of the public’.

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Posted by Joshua on 01/23 at 01:34 PM
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