Zimbabwean Police have continued to arrested people in connection with the protests that happened last week after giving threats that all who participated in the demonstrations shall be hunted down.
Indications are that police in Bulawayo continue to pick up more people in connection with last week’s disturbances.
On Saturday, 22 people appeared in court facing the same charges of public violence. Among them were 15 juveniles.
They are accused of breaking into a supermarket in Mzilikazi and looting some goods.
One of the lawyers, Tanaka Muganyi, co-representing 85 people who are facing charges of public violence, told an online publication that the accused were given bail of $80 each.
Muganyi said it is unfortunate that the court had set what he described as a high bail for people stating that the accused are innocent and most of them are unemployed poor people.
An additional three of the accused, who are juveniles, were granted free bail. Muganyi decried the fact that the juveniles had been put in custody together with adults and said it is important for police to be familiar with statutes that protect the rights of juveniles in cases of their arrest.
- VOA
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