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Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:10
HARARE - The trial of six ZimRights officials started Friday with principal immigration officer Godfrey Kondo leading as the State’s first witness. The six officials Farai Bhani, Tatenda Chinaka, Dorcas Shereni, Leo Chamahwinya, Okay Machisa and Nunurai Jena representing ZimRights...Read More
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Friday, 15 March 2013 10:28
HARARE - High Court judge Samuel Kudya has freed ZimRights director Okay Machisa who was fighting forgery and fraud charges. Kudya set aside Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe’s ruling placing Machisa on remand. The ruling followed an application filed by Machisa’s lawyer...Read More
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Monday, 25 February 2013 10:44
HARARE - At least 10 civil society groups are facing the sword, as police intensify a crackdown on non-governmental organisations which has now attracted global attention. The Daily News can reveal that police are combing through potential evidence to nail the...Read More
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Friday, 08 February 2013 16:03
HARARE - As divisions continue to rock civil society, Zimrights director Okay Machisa has blasted his colleagues whom he said celebrated when he was jailed for two weeks. Machisa, who is fresh from a remand prison stint, told the Daily News...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 11:04
HARARE - A High Court judge has granted bail to ZimRights director Okay Machisa after ruling that a magistrate who previously denied him freedom was “misdirected”. Justice Felistas Chatukuta yesterday ordered Machisa to surrender title deeds to an immovable property with...Read More
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013 11:41
HARARE - Beatrice Mtetwa, the lawyer representing incarcerated Zimrights director Okay Machisa says a magistrate who denied the human rights campaigner bail was acting on the instinct of political rhetoric. She said Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe “erred and misdirected himself” by...Read More
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Sunday, 27 January 2013 12:23
HARARE - ZimRights director Okay Machisa wept at the High Court as his bail appeal hearing was postponed for the fourth time yesterday. Machisa shed tears as he was being leg cuffed soon after High Court Judge Felistas Chatukuta said the...Read More
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013 10:35
HARARE - Zimrights director Okay Machisa remains in remand prison as his High Court bail application drags on. The State yesterday said it had not been furnished with the necessary papers to respond to the bail request. Prosecutor Edmore Nyazamba told...Read More
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Friday, 18 January 2013 11:50
HARARE - Rights groups have expressed outrage over the detention of a director of pro-democracy groups Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and ZimRights, charged with tampering with the voters’ roll. Okay Machisa’s remand in custody up to January 30 has crystallised anger...Read More
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 15:04
HARARE - Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly manufacturing fake copies of voter registration certificates. ZimRights, which is represented by its national director Okay Machisa, appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe on forgery and...Read More
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:38
HARARE - As the clampdown on human rights activists continues, police yesterday descended on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) offices purportedly looking for "documents." Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) information officer Kumbirai Mafunda confirmed the raid yesterday. “Two members...Read More
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Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:41
HARARE - Two ZimRights officials accused of manufacturing fake copies of voter registration certificates have been sent back to remand prison after a Harare magistrate said she can only rule on their bail application tomorrow. The two, Dorcas Shereni, 42 and...Read More
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:15
HARARE - Two Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZimRights) officials yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly manufacturing fake copies of voters’ registration certificates. Dorcas Shereni, 42, and Leo Chamahwinya, 28, employed by ZimRights as chairperson and programme manager respectively,...Read More
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