ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on Monday 19 January 2019
deployed lawyers to offer emergency legal support services to 12
people who were arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers in
Harare following protests held over the country’s worsening economic
crisis.

In Mabvuku high density suburb, ZLHR deployed lawyers to offer
emergency legal support services to nine people who were arrested by
ZRP officers while in Goromonzi North, ZLHR is attending to three
people, who were arrested by the law enforcement agents.

ZLHR has also received reports that some people were hospitalised
after sustaining injuries as they were assaulted and shot at as
Zimbabwean authorities clamped down on protesters.

-ZLHR