Pastor Evan Mawarire has been freed by a court in Harare
because police failed to bring him to court within 48 hours of his arrest.
The #ThisFlag founder was in court on charges of subversion
for criticising the government’s handling of the economic crisis.
Rights lawyers say this is a big victory. Harare Magistrate
Elisha Singano ordered Mawarire’s immediate release from custody.
He said police hadn’t brought the founder of the This Flag
movement to the court within 48 hours of his arrest as the law requires.
Mawarire was arrested on Sunday and charged with subversion
after he made a video to protest the growing economic crisis.
Rights lawyers say this doesn’t mean that police have
entirely dropped the charges against the pastor.
Mawarire still faces trial on a separate charge of
subversion in the High Court.
0 comments:
Post a Comment