High Court judge Justice Happias Zhou has overturned the conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy activist Makomborero Haruzivishe for allegedly blowing a whistle during a protest in Harare in February 2020.
In April last year, Harare Magistrate Judith Taruvinga sentenced Haruzivishe to 14 months in prison after the State accused him of blowing a whistle to alert opposition protesters to pounce on police during a protest.
Haruzivishe’s lawyer Kossam Ncube of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) after conviction and sentence said they would appeal.
ZHLR have successfully appealed Haruzivishe’s conviction and sentencing at the High Court, the human rights lawyers confirmed in a statement released on Thursday.
“We have ended the persecution of pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe by obtaining a High Court order quashing and setting aside his conviction and sentence for allegedly blowing a whistle during a protest as he has been found not guilty and acquitted by Justice Zhou,” read the statement.
He was represented by Ncube and Obey Shaya both from ZLHR.
