The development paves way for the release of the five who were initially detained at Makoni police station in Chitungwiza and later transferred to Harare Central police station’s Law and Order Department.
The five were arrested while addressing Chitungwiza residents on issues affecting the dormitory town and the police had charged them with contravening the Public Order and Security Act for convening a meeting without police clearance.
Their lawyer, Kennedy Masiye, from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights confirmed the latest development to The Zimbabwean which he said came after they held a meeting with the State prosecutor, Michael Mugabe.
“We had a meeting with the prosecutor in the case and we actually argued that POSA does not require residents associations to give notice of meetings because organisations that are supposed to give notice are those that discuss about political issues.
“But in this case, this was a gathering to discuss service delivery in Chitungwiza and also the people who were arrested were not the conveners of the meeting. It was after we made those submissions that the prosecutor said he would not proceed with the case,” said Masiye.
During the time of his arrest, Moyo was addressing residents on the impending demolitions of houses built on undesignated land in Chitungwiza.
The impending demolitions have been widely condemned by residents associations.
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