Zimbabwe’s Attorney General Johannes Tomana said on Wednesday that a prominent human rights activist arrested for allegedly plotting to overhtrow President Robert Mugabe was a security threat, and therefore cannot be released on bail. Jestina Mukoko, a director of a human rights organisation, was arrested early last month along with opposition activists and accused of recruiting people for military training in Botswana to topple Mugabe. She has mounted a fierce battle for bail, but the authorities have kept her and the opposition activists in remand prison under tight security. “Evidence gathered proves that she (Mukoko) is a threat to society and she should not be released now,” Tomana said. There have been strong local and international calls for Mukoko and her co-accused, who allege torture, to be released on bail to seek medical treatment. But Tomana said she posed a threat if released, and recommended her continued detention. The authorities have accused neighbouring Botswana of training opposition militants to topple Mugabe, an allegation Gaborone has denied.
Zimbabwe’s Attorney General refuses human rights activist bail
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