Battered activists finally made it to court on March 13 after being arrested and assaulted in custody since Sunday March 11th. Their crime? To turn up for a Save Zimbabwe Campaign prayer meeting/rally in Highfields, Harare on March 11.

Note that a high court order was required to compel the police, among other things, to produce their prisoners at court on March 13. Ambulances were required to bring a number of the injured to the court. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights provide a very good summary of events.

View an animation of photographs (500kb) taken on March 13 when these activists were brought to the Magistrates Court. Right click the link and save the file onto your computer to share with others.

The animation includes . . .

• A ZRP police truck arriving at the courts with civic and political leaders, some injured
• Jubilant supporters provide solidarity and support
• Ambulances ferry some of the activists who were seriously injured in police custody, to the court
• Throngs of people turned up at the courts in solidarity, including some members of the clergy
• Grace Kwinjeh, Morgan Tsvangirai and Lovemore Madhuku leaving the court
• A defiant Arthur Mutambara

Read a round up of all press releases, statements, images and articles concerning the Save Zimbabwe Campaign prayer meeting which was disrupted by police in Highfields on Sunday, March 11th.

This entry was posted on March 15th, 2007 at 9:35 am by Brenda Burrell and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.