The three are MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s personal assistant, Ghandi
Mudzingwa, the party’s director of security Kisimusi Dhlamini and
freelance photojournalist, Shadreck Anderson Manyere.
The detainees were abducted in December 2008 and are facing terrorism charges which the MDC has since dismissed as "trumped up".
The defence lawyers had sought leave to appeal in the Supreme Court
following the denial of bail by the High Court to the three political
detainees.
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku was initially supposed to preside
over the case on April 2, 2009 but postponed the hearing to April 6
2009.
This was after the Attorney Generals (AGs) office applied for a
postponement of the matter on the basis that their law officer Chris
Mutangadura was away in Tanzania.
Of the three political detainees, Dhlamini and Mudzingwa are under
prison and police guard at private clinic in Harare where they are
being treated for injuries sustained during their torture.
Radio VOP
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