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Rights activist Farai Maguwu freed on bail
HARARE— A judge in Zimbabwe has freed a human rights activist jailed for more than five weeks on allegations of passing false information on diamond-mining violations to the international diamond control body. Judge Mawadze Gurainesu on Monday granted bail to activist Farai Maguwu. The judge dismissed prosecutors’ claims that Maguwu could interfere with witnesses being [...]
MDC says Farai Maguwu a sacrificial lamb
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has condemned the continued persecution of human rights activist Farai Maguwu who continues to be harassed and incarcerated at the notorious Harare Remand Prison.
EU parliament demands release of Farai Maguwu
The European Parliament had demanded that the Mugabe regime release detained human rights activist Farai Maguwu whose Centre for Research and Development exposed army abuses in the Marange diamond fields. A few days after Amnesty International lent its voice to the chorus for his release the EU ratcheted up the pressure with a strong statement [...]
The Farai Maguwu story so far: Lawyer’s Diary
The lawyer representing detained diamond abuses researcher Farai Maguwu has been documenting his client’s legal fight from the first day he was arrested. Maguwu is the Director of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD). Below is a collection of all the updates from Mutare based lawyer Tinoziva Bere.
USD calls for Maguwu to be released on bail
The Union for Sustainable Democracy is particularly concerned about the refusal by Judge Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday to grant bail to Farai Maguwu whose right to liberty was already severely interfered with prior to the initial bail proceedings.
Kimberley Process: Halt Zimbabwe Diamond Trade
Tel Aviv, Israel – The government of Zimbabwe has broken its promises under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) work plan to improve abusive practices in its diamond fields and should formally be suspended from the Kimberly Process, Human Rights Watch said in a 20-page report released today. Despite Promises to Certification Body, Military Retains [...]
Day 5: Update on detention of Farai Maguwu
By Tinoziva Bere I was tempted to sleep early for the hard day ahead but realized that many of you are not able to reach us by phone and therefore may depend on these updates. A few have asked me questions that suggest confusion as to who I am or who the team are. I [...]
Outrage at persecution of diamond activists
Civil Society organisations, including Global Witness, Human Rights Watch, and Partnership Africa Canada, today condemned the state-sponsored harassment and intimidation of a Zimbabwean non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), which has been instrumental in exposing ongoing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe’s notorious Marange diamond fields. On Thursday May 27, the home of [...]




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