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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin\u2019ono has justified the continued use of local \u201cbiased\u201d courts which have been ruling against himself and his colleagues.<\/p>\n

He said it is important to use the courts for the purposes of seeking redress and compensation in the future. Posting on social media, Chin\u2019ono said:<\/p>\n

Some people have asked why we go to courts when they continue to rule against us.<\/p>\n

We do so because we need that record for posterity, for tomorrow when things have politically changed.<\/p>\n

We will seek redress and compensation against those who persecute us at personal level when there is change. Look at what happened to Sani Abacha! All these State assets that they are looting will be taken when there is change.<\/p>\n

We need court records showing the arguments at the material time and the constitutional breaches which will be overturned.<\/p>\n

The estates of today\u2019s tormentors will be sued by victims of violence by the victims or the families of victims.<\/p>\n

To do so successfully, we will need today\u2019s court records.<\/p>\n

He speaks amid claims by the opposition that courts, like other state institutions, are captured and compromised by the ruling ZANU PF.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the opposition have often advised that the parties lead a revolution as they will not find justice in compromised courts.<\/p>\n

More: Hopewell Chin\u2019ono<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin\u2019ono has justified the continued use of local \u201cbiased\u201d courts which have been ruling against himself and his colleagues. He said it is important to use the courts for the purposes of seeking redress and compensation in the future. Posting on social media, Chin\u2019ono said: Some people have asked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2087,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-31359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-hopewel-chinono","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nChin\u2019ono Justifies Approaching \u201cBiased\u201d Courts - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chinono-justifies-approaching-biased-courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chin\u2019ono Justifies Approaching \u201cBiased\u201d Courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. 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