complainants in the middle of the night without their permission. Their doors were broken down and their windows and doors vandalized by the police and the soldiers. This violated their right to privacy which protects them from arbitrary searches of their homes and unlawful entry into their homes, premises or property under section 57 of the Constitution. 9.3. Rights of Pre-Trial Detainees The Constitution also provides for the rights of accused persons in section 70 which include: the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty; the right to be informed promptly of the charge, in sufficient detail to enable them to answer it; the right to be given adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence and the right to remain silent; and the right not to testify or be compelled to give self-incriminating evidence. The ZHRC noted with concern that some of those arrested on 14 January 2019, had not appeared before a court within the required 48 hours as stipulated in section 50 (2) of the Constitution. Lawyers representing accused persons complained that their clients were said to have been arrested on the 15th January 2019 to make it appear as if they had been taken to court within the confines of the law. Some of the relatives of detained juveniles who spoke to the ZHRC in Chitungwiza and Mbare, informed the ZHRC that they had been denied access to the detainees and access to information concerning the detainees, which is a breach of the Constitution. 9.4. Right to Personal Liberty 9.4.1. The facts gathered from discussions previously mentioned with community members in the areas that were visited by the ZHRC reveal that the police and the soldiers indiscriminately targeted the men in the residential areas merely due to proximity to the areas where barricades Page 64 of 68