{"id":2078,"date":"2018-04-03T07:40:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wozazim.org\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2018-04-03T07:40:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:40:55","slug":"arrested-members-detained-and-released-into-lawyers-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/?p=2078","title":{"rendered":"Arrested members detained and released into lawyers custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Members arrested in the protest Tuesday spent the night at Luveve Police station before being released into their lawyer\u2019s custody Thursday on condition that they come to be formnally charged in Western Commonage Magistrates Court on 26th May 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The final number of arrested rose to 8 women and a 3 month old baby Rejoice. Tuesday afternoon dragged to an end with many police stations refusing to receive the arrested questioning why they were even arrested in the first place. The mother and baby were allowed to sleep at home and report Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The charge and statement taking procedures were done 8 times with all statements being torn up and \u2018they did not make sense\u2019 so finding a charge is still a challenge. The notorious law and order department Police officers at Bulawayo Central also refused to receive the accused and said the officers who arrested them were overzealous must finish the job.<\/p>\n<p>Warn and Cautioned statements were redone 25 May\u00a0 and they were charged under the Criminal Procedures and Evidence Act: conduct likely to disturb the peace.<\/p>\n<p>The members are Grace Moyo, Stella Chivunge, Sikhangezile Sibanda, Simangaliphi Msimanga, 16yr old Cecelia Ncube, Siboniso Siziba, Miriam Moyo, and Memory Matandare with her 3month old baby Rejoice. Today is Africa Day in Zimbabwe and electricity cuts will as usual average 6 to 18 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t&#13;\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Members arrested in the protest Tuesday spent the night at Luveve Police station before being released into their lawyer\u2019s custody Thursday on condition that they come to be formnally charged in Western Commonage Magistrates Court on 26th May 2011. The final number of arrested rose to 8 women and a 3 month old baby &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/?p=2078\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arrested members detained and released into lawyers custody<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wozazim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}