The 83 members arrested in Harare on 20th September again appeared in Harare Magistrate’s Court in a remand hearing this morning. The 76 women and seven men were arrested after a peaceful demonstration calling for community safety on International Peace Day and spent two nights in custody in Harare Central Police Station before being released on free bail. The activists were further remanded out of custody to 1st December 2010.

Their defence lawyer put the state on notice that she would be applying for a refusal of further remand at the next remand hearing. 

The group has been charged under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 46, as read with Section 2(v) of the Third Schedule to the Criminal Code – ‘criminal nuisance’.