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Tapiwa Muchineripi and Doug Coltart, lawyers for Zimbabwe abductees, arrested
11:06 CAT | 05 Sep 2023
FILE - Zimbabwean lawyers Tapiwa Muchineripi (right) and Doug Coltart (left) were detained overnight Monday accused of obstructing the course of justice[ Image: Zim News]
The opposition in Zimbabwe say police have arrested two lawyers representing activists who were in hospital after being abducted.
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CC) said the lawyers, Doug Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi, had been detained on suspicion of obstructing justice.
They had told police that their clients were medically unfit to be questioned.
The opposition activists were badly beaten during their abduction in the capital, Harare, on Saturday by unidentified attackers.
The arrests took place on the day that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second term in office after elections described by the opposition as fraudulent.
1. Happening now: The two human rights lawyers arrested last night, arrive at RottenRow.
Pic credit: James Jemwa https://t.co/sHnFV4bYbd pic.twitter.com/LV8WdlvtkK
— ZLHR (@ZLHRLawyers) September 5, 2023
Doug Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi are now on their way to the magistrates court.
They spent the night in police detention after their arrest yesterday. https://t.co/vDll27nS9I
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) September 5, 2023
The CCC members were allegedly brutalized by suspected state security agents and dumped in a bush in Mapinga Area Mashonaland West Province. pic.twitter.com/YeWdnoQGw4
— The Harare Times (@harare_1) September 5, 2023
Source: BBC
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