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Zimbabwe – UPDATE – Supreme court orders to drop charges against Jestina Mukokoposted on: 2009/09/28

Front Line welcomes the Supreme court of Zimbabwe's decision to grant a permanent stay of prosecution against Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) director, Ms Jestina Mukoko. Trumped up charges of recruiting and training people for insurgency were brought against Jestina Mukoko following her abduction by state security agents in December 2008.

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Zimbabwe: Jestina Mukoko, Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project released from three months of detentionposted on: 2009/03/03

Jestina Mukoko, Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was released from three months of detention on Monday 2 March, though she will still have to face charges of attempting to remove President Robert Mugabe from power.

Zimbabwe: Human rights defender in critical medical condition Jestina Mukoko, finally receiving treatmentposted on: 2009/02/16

On Friday 13 February, after a fourth court ruling ordering that Jestina Mukoko receive medical treatment, she was finally transferred from the Chikurubi Maximum Prison to the Avenues Clinic.

UPDATE - Zimbabwe: Jestina Mukoko, Pascal Gonzo and Broderick Takawira from ZPP alive and held in police stationsposted on: 2009/01/09

On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) began to receive piecemeal information that various individuals, including civil society activists and members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) who had been abducted over the last 7 weeks, were believed to be held in various police stations around Harare.

Zimbabwe: Abduction of two more members of Zimbabwe Peace Projectposted on: 2008/12/04

Front Line is deeply concerned at the adbuction Pascal Gonzo and Broderick Takawira, staff members of Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), on 8 December 2008. They were taken away from ZPP offices by six men driving unmarked cars.