A Zimbabwe magistrate court on Monday ordered six of the 45 activists arrested in Harare last month detained on charges of treason, releasing the remaining 39. The six activists not released today will remain detained and face trial [CNN...
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Zimbabwe high court dismisses Finance Minister's illegal arrest suit
The Zimbabwe Supreme Court announced Monday that it would refuse to hear a civil rights case brought by Finance Minister Tendai Biti over his 2008 arrest on treason charges because he did not file an...
Rights group urges ICC to probe Zimbabwe pre-election rights violations
Human rights organization AIDS-Free World on Wednesday renewed calls for an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into allegations of rape and torture in Zimbabwe prior to the 2008 presidential elections ....
Zimbabwe not bound by regional court rulings: justice minister
Zimbabwean Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Sunday that Zimbabwe is not bound by the rulings of the Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) . The statement comes two days after the Tribunal ruled that farmers who...
Africa court refers Zimbabwe land reform case to regional summit meeting
The Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ruled Friday that the farmers who lost their land under Zimbabwe's land reform program may take their case to the SADC summit meeting...
The Kimberley Process (KP) on Thursday approved the limited sale of diamonds from the controversial Marange mines after reaching an agreement with the Zimbabwean government. The agreement, reached in a meeting of the international diamond monitoring body,...
Zimbabwe court grants bail to rights activist investigating conflict diamonds
A Zimbabwean court on Monday granted bail to human rights activist Farai Maguwu, who was being held for allegedly supplying false information about Zimbabwe's controversial diamond mining practices to the international diamond control body the Kimberley Process (KP) [official...
Zimbabwe Attorney General Johannes Tomana on Wednesday appealed the recent Supreme Court decision to acquit Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett ...
Zimbabwe high court dismisses terrorism charges against cabinet nominee
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed terrorism and other charges against Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett . Bennett, a close ally of Prime...
Zimbabwe government voids law restricting foreign ownership of companies
Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday declared void a law mandating that indigenous people have majority ownership in all businesses valued at over $500,000. The law took effect last month, but the country's stock market has since fallen 10...