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Zimbabwe activist freed on bail | Zimbabwe activist freed on bail |
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Prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko has been freed after three months in custody. | Prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko has been freed after three months in custody. |
But Zimbabwean journalist Brian Hungwe told the BBC she remains in hospital, where she had been under police guard. | But Zimbabwean journalist Brian Hungwe told the BBC she remains in hospital, where she had been under police guard. |
Ms Mukoko was accused of attempting to recruit people for military training to try to overthrow Robert Mugabe. | Ms Mukoko was accused of attempting to recruit people for military training to try to overthrow Robert Mugabe. |
New Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had said he would not join a unity government unless Ms Mukoko and other activists were freed from jail. | New Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had said he would not join a unity government unless Ms Mukoko and other activists were freed from jail. |
Ms Mukoko's lawyer said she had been ordered to pay $600 in bail, surrender her passport and hand over the deeds to her house as surety, reports the AFP news agency. | Ms Mukoko's lawyer said she had been ordered to pay $600 in bail, surrender her passport and hand over the deeds to her house as surety, reports the AFP news agency. |
"It's good she has been released, but she is still restricted," said Beatrice Mtetwa. | "It's good she has been released, but she is still restricted," said Beatrice Mtetwa. |
Ms Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was allegedly seized from her house outside Harare on 3 December by 15 armed men. | |
Her whereabouts were unknown for three weeks, during which members of lawyers groups staged protests against her abduction. | |
The authorities then confirmed that she had been detained by the security forces. | |
Following a previous court appearance, a judge ordered that she receive medical treatment after she said she had been tortured. | |
Mr Tsvangirai was criticised by some of his supporters for joining the power-sharing government before Ms Mukoko and about 30 other detainees had been freed. |