The court says #JobSikhala can only be removed from Chikurubi maximum prison upon the production of an investigation report detailing the aunthenticity of his complaints against state security agents. Can the STATE independently INVESTIGATE ITSELF? #ZimbabweansLivesMatter
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We publish below the live updates at MDC Alliance leader Job Sikhala’s court hearing which is currently happening at Rotten Row Magistrates court
State says there should be an investigation into complaints put before the court by the defence counsel. Says Sikhala can only be removed from Chikurubi upon production of an investigation report https://t.co/Yb78xJnELM
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Lawyer says Sikhala noblonger feels safe at Chikurubi
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14:38- The State says Sikhala can only be removed from Chikurubi upon production of an investigation report.
14:35- The State says there should be an investigation into complaints put before the court by the defence counsel.
14:32- Mutimbanyoka told Sikhala that verbatim) “you will die” and asked for his next of kin’s number.
14:30- Harrison Nkomo who is representing Sikhala tells the court that jis client was mixed with inmates who had tested positive to coronavirus.
14:28- Mutimbanyoka instructed a junior prison officer to handcuff Sikhala for the whole day on 23 August 2020, the court hears.
14:25- Sikhala’s lawyers complain to Magistrate that his client was threatened with death by a prison officer named Mutimbanyoka at Chikurubi maximum prison.