Arrested Chingwizi villagers granted $30 bail each

THE campaign by human rights lawyers to secure the freedom of 29 Chingwizi villagers arrested for public violence on Wednesday finally paid off after 25 of the villagers were each granted $30 bail by Chiredzi magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda.

They were subsequently remanded out of custody to September 5 2014, although the court ruled that the other four were not good candidates for bail.

Lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) — Blessing Nyamaropa, Phillip Shumba, Collin Maboke and Martin Mureri — had been fighting since Monday to secure freedom for the accused persons.

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