Ÿ In November, the High Court ordered two ZRP members, former Attorney-General Johannes Tomana and the co-Home Affairs Ministers to apologise to human rights lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu, after the authorities conceded that they violated Mahlangu’s fundamental rights when they arrested and detained him almost a decade ago. The ZRP members namely Henry Sostein Dowa and Clever Ntini together with the Co-Home Affairs Ministers and Johannes Tomana, tendered their apologies to Mahlangu. In a Deed of Settlement entered on 31 October, the authorities agreed to pay Mahlangu a total of $13 500 to cover his legal costs before 30 November. Mahlangu was placed under arrest and spent one night at Harare Central Police Station cells in November 2009 on a trumped-up charge of attempting to obstruct the course of justice while performing his legal duties. Ÿ On 3 December a Harare Magistrate ordered the ZRP to compensate pro-democracy campaigner Lynette Tendai Mudehwe to the tune of $6 210 for assaults she suffered at the hands of ZRP officers when the law enforcement agents crushed an anti-government protest in Harare in 2016. Mudehwe, the Coordinator of Zimbabwe Activists Alliance, was assaulted by ZRP officers while participating in a peaceful demonstration held in central Harare on 4 January 2016 and sustained some injuries and extensive bruises as a result. Ÿ Cleric and human rights activist, Evan Mawarire issued his notice of intention to sue the Commissioner-General of Police and the Minister of Home Affairs for malicious arrests, detention, prosecution and harassment over a period of two years. Ÿ The family of Sylvia Matambo-Maphosa, one of the victims of the 1 August extra-judicial killings, initiated damages claims. There is currently a consortium of five legal aid organisation that offer legal services across the country, among them Women and Law in Southern Africa (WILSA), Justice for Children (JCT), Legal Resources Foundation (LRF), Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA). 65 STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ZIMBABWE 2018