Zimbabwe: Media Defense Lawyer Arrested

press release

New York — Police in Zimbabwe should immediately release Alec Muchadehama, a prominent human rights lawyer targeted for his work on behalf of journalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere and others, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Two agents of the Zimbabwe police’s Law and Order section arrested Alec Muchadehama at the Rotten Row Magistrates Courts in Harare this morning, according to a statement released by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. Following questioning at Harare Central Police Station, police charged Muchadehama with “obstructing the course of justice” under Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law Codification and (Reform) Act, according to the Media Institute of Southern Africa. The institute reported that the charges pertained to the lawyer’s negotiation of Manyere’s release on bail.

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