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Justice deferred as torture victims' case is postponed to 2015
25 Nov 2014 at 04:13hrs | Views
MATATBELELAND NORTH - FIVE Hwange women who were brutally assaulted by cops in a protest march seven months ago will have to wait for another indefinite period as there are indications that the matter will be heard next year.
The women were tortured by the police when anti-riot officers broke up a peaceful protest by disgruntled wives of Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) employees that had gone for seven months without pay.
The women filed a combined lawsuit demanding more than $100 000 from the police for the injuries and humiliation they suffered.
The protest took place on October 7 2013 in the mining town and police intervention left some of the miners' wives seriously injured.
The women's lawyer, Tanaka Muganyi, last week confirmed that matter could be heard in the next term of the High Court in the 2015 legal year.
Police have since opposed the lawsuit.
Hwange Police Station officer-in-charge, a Chief Inspector Chigede, police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and Home Affairs minister Kembo Mohadi are cited as the respondents in the lawsuit.
Source - Southern Eye
