ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officers on Tuesday 22 January 2019
raided and arrested 28 victims of state sponsored brutality, who were
receiving medical treatment at a medical facility in Harare.

ZRP officers pounced on the 28 Harare residents, who were receiving
treatment after they sustained injuries from assault by state security
agents during anti-government protests held last week over the
country’s worsening economic crisis.

The law enforcement agents assaulted the residents as they arrested
them before detaining them at Harare Central Police Station, where
they are being represented by Kudzayi Kadzere and Bryant Elliot of
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, who encountered challenges in
accessing their clients at the police station.

In Chitungwiza, ZRP officers late on Monday 21 January 2019 pounced on
Japhet Moyo, the Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade
Unions (ZCTU) and arrested him after they had initially released him
but confiscated his mobile phone handset following his arrest earlier
in the day at Harare International Airport and detention at Harare
Central Police Station, where they quizzed him over the shutdown
protests held last week.

Moyo is represented by Bryant Elliot and Lizwe Jamela of ZLHR.

At Harare Magistrates Court, two Harare residents Daniel Shingirai and
Shadreck Asani were expected to appear in court on initial remand
after they were arrested and charged with public violence for
allegedly participating in last week’s anti-government protests.