{"id":429545,"date":"2011-05-24T17:05:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/24\/court-orders-release-of-alleged-coup-plotters-in-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2011-05-24T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:05:20","slug":"court-orders-release-of-alleged-coup-plotters-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/court-orders-release-of-alleged-coup-plotters-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Court orders release of alleged coup plotters in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"73.4936575053\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>By <strong>Columbus Mavhunga<\/strong>, For CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"42.5837028825\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>The six men were accused of plotting to topple Robert Mugabe and replace him with Zimbabwe&#8217;s defense minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The men were accused of planning a coup in 2007<\/li>\n<li>The High Court ordered them released<\/li>\n<li>They allegedly wanted to replace Mugabe with the defense minister<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; Zimbabwe&#8217;s High Court ordered the immediate release Tuesday of six former army officers accused of plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged coup plotters have been in prison since 2007, despite several attempts by their lawyers to have them released. Treason carries a death sentence in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>After reading a seven-page ruling, Justice Yunus Omerjee said it was apparent that the defendants should not have been commuted to custody and he said a declaratory order will be issued to that effect. Justice Joseph Musakwa concurred.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the High Court dismissed the case because the alleged coup plotters had not been brought to court for trial within six months, as required by law. State prosecutors responded by re-indicting them. The defendants appealed to the High Court to throw out the re-indictment.<\/p>\n<p>The man accused of being the ringleader of the alleged coup plot, Albert Matapo, was arrested in 2007, as were six other suspects: Nyasha Zivuku, Oncemore Mazivahona, Emmanuel Marara, Patson Mupfure, Shingirai Mutemachani and Rangarirai Maziofa. They were accused of plotting to violently topple Mugabe and replace him with the country&#8217;s defense minister, Emerson Mnangagwa. The suspects denied the allegations against them, and one was later released.<\/p>\n<p>Their attorneys said if the state wished to pursue the matter, their clients would not be detained. It was not immediately clear what action the state would take.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/sTzuzpMoPiM\/index.html\" title=\"Court orders release of alleged coup plotters in Zimbabwe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Court orders release of alleged coup plotters in Zimbabwe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Columbus Mavhunga , For CNN The six men were accused of plotting to topple Robert Mugabe and replace him with Zimbabwe&#8217;s defense minister. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The men were accused of planning a coup in 2007 The High Court ordered them released They allegedly wanted to replace Mugabe with the defense minister Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN) &#8212; Zimbabwe&#8217;s High Court ordered the immediate release Tuesday of six former army officers accused of plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe. The alleged coup plotters have been in prison since 2007, despite several attempts by their lawyers to have them released. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-429545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Court orders release of alleged coup plotters in Zimbabwe - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/court-orders-release-of-alleged-coup-plotters-in-zimbabwe\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Court orders release of alleged coup plotters in Zimbabwe - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Columbus Mavhunga , For CNN The six men were accused of plotting to topple Robert Mugabe and replace him with Zimbabwe&#039;s defense minister. 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