Zimbabwe farmers ordered to stand trial for ignoring state eviction order / JURIST, 11 October 2007
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Nick Fiske
[JURIST] Zimbabwe Magistrate Tinashe Ndokera on Thursday denied a motion by eleven white farmers to have their state-sponsored eviction notices thrown out, and instead ordered the men to stand trail for failing to vacate their property by the notices' September 30 deadline [VOA report]. David Drury, a lawyer for the farmers, argued that charges of violating the order should be dropped, or at the very least, transferred to Zimbabwe's Supreme Court as they involved constitutional issues. Ndokera categorized these arguments as "a delaying tactic." If found guilty, the farmers face hefty fines or up to two years in prison."