Detention without trial now a reality in Zim

[dArKeR]

Harare - Zimbabwe's government has formalised anti-corruption regulations giving it the power to detain people for seven days without trial, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

The state-owned Herald said the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act covered among others corruption, money laundering, the export of foreign currency and the unauthorised disposal or dealing in gold or precious stones.

"No court shall admit such a person to bail for a period of seven days from the date when an order or warrant for this further detention was issued," the newspaper said.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1076755142848B252&set_id=1

Following America's lead!

[Syrinx]

1. Yeah, sounds like here

'Cept we have no seven-day limit.

[Virginian]

2. That is as good as a death sentence!!

With the AIDS in that country, going to jail for any amount of time is about as good as a death sentence.

[burrowowl]

3. Gee!

Bu$hie, A$$KKKraft et al have been a democratic inspiration to all!:grr:

[Virginian]

4. Mugabe has been in power too long.

This is the only president Zimbabwe has known since independence. He was good for the country at first, but now he is starving his people in a region that was known as the breadbasket of Africa.

Power corrupts -- absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[aquart]

5. Lagging behind. We detain indefinitely.