76 Arrested During Burial Of Man Killed By Police | FULL TEXT
8 March 2021
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The Forum offered legal assistance to the 76 mourners arrested during the burial of Tatenda Pasinyore who died after alleged assault by police on 28 February. The mourners were charged with breaking COVID-19 lockdown regulations and participating in an illegal gathering. The Forum lawyers, on instruction from the arrested, engaged police officials and the charge was lessened to violating COVID-19 lockdown regulation. All the mourners were released after paying $500 fine each.
Pasinyore passed away at Gweru’s Mutapa Police Station after he was brutally assaulted by police who had arrested him for violating COVID-19 regulations. The family is receiving legal assistance from the Forum and is awaiting results of a post mortem carried out on 4 March 2021.