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Human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, arrested in Zimbabwe

by Moyo Roy
17 Mar 2013 at 11:04hrs | Views
Beatrice Mtetwa, a human rights lawyer has been arrested after she tried to make enquiries as to the reason why her client Thabani Mpofu was under arrest.

She is detained at the Harare Central Police Station. 

Mpofu a senior official in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office together with Anna Muzvidziwa and Felix Matsinde were arrested early this morning under unclear circumstances.

When Mtetwa tried to understand the reasons for the arrest of her client, Mpofu, she too was arrested for what the police said was obstruction of the course of justice.

The police also raided the offices of the communications office of Dr Morgan Tsvangirai in Avondale, Harare.

The whereabouts of Muzvidziwa and Matsinde are not known although it is certain they are in police custody.

Source - Byo24News