Battered Zimbabwe opposition leader appears in court after arrest / JURIST, 13 March 2007
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Katerina Ossenova
"Zimbabwe opposition presidential hopeful Morgan Tsvangirai [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], arrested by government forces at a protest in Harare Sunday, was taken to a hospital Tuesday after a brief appearance in court along with 50 other detainees. Tsvangirai's lawyer and party officials said he was beaten while in police custody; he appeared in court with a large gash on his head and a swollen face. High Court Judge Chinemberi Bhunu had previously ordered police to give Tsvangirai access to both his lawyer and to immediate medical attention, and ordered that the detainees in custody be charged or released. Police, however, took the activists to the magistrate's court hours after missing Bhunu's deadline."