ZRP this morning briefly arrested Job Sikhala\u2019s Lawyer Jeremiah Bamu as he was at Rotten Row Court waiting to represent his client who will appear in court today. According to journalist Brezh Malaba, Bamu was arrested for defying an instruction by riot police to disperse:<\/p>\n
One of Job Sikhala\u2019s lawyers has been arrested at Harare\u2019s Rotten Row court carpark after defying an instruction by riot police to disperse. They\u2019ve handcuffed & whisked him off in a truck. The MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson faces a charge of inciting public violence.
\nBamu was briefly detained before he was released according to open Parly that tweet the update on Twitter.<\/p>\n
Riot Police also dispersed people who had gathered at the courts waiting for the MDC Vice Chairman\u2019s court appearance.<\/p>\n
Bamu\u2019s brief arrest had already raised eyebrows as the issue of Beatrice Mtetwa being thrown off Hopewell Chin\u2019ono who is facing the same charges\u2019 case made the people speculate that the state is now going after lawyers and people\u2019s rights to fair representation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ZRP this morning briefly arrested Job Sikhala\u2019s Lawyer Jeremiah Bamu as he was at Rotten Row Court waiting to represent his client who will appear in court today. According to journalist Brezh Malaba, Bamu was arrested for defying an instruction by riot police to disperse: One of Job Sikhala\u2019s lawyers has been arrested at Harare\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[1449,88,661],"class_list":{"0":"post-26790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-chinono","10":"tag-mdc","11":"tag-zrp"},"yoast_head":"\n