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Zambia: Opposition Leader Hichilema Returns to Court
Zambia Reports, 24 May 2017
The case in which opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema is charged with treason will come up for ruling today before Magistrate Betty Malupenga. Read more »
A Zambian court will rule on whether it will proceed with a case of treason against the leader of the opposition, Haikande Hichilema, who has been detained for over a month for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu's motorcade.
Hakainde Hichilema addressing his supporters at a Mandevu rally in Lusaka.
Despite rights groups' demands for opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema's release, he remains incarcerated , awaiting the treason charge hearing on May 15. Read more »
While the withdrawal notice for the traffic charges has been issued, the treason charges against opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema still stands as he enters his 30th day in ... Read more »
Following the court's refusal to drop treason charges against Hakainde Hichilema, the case may now be referred to the high court, a move his defence team believes will be flawed. Read more »
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