JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE 111 ____________________________________________________________________ to conscientise the populace to rebel against the unlawful and illegitimate rule of Mugabe. We have consulted with the MDC and urged them to abort the useless talks so that a proper confrontation will be viable. Our secretary will be living for UK soon please assist with his documents. Find attached our letter to MDC and to Deventer Sails.” The second letter was unsigned but purported to be written by Mr Moyo to the Secretary-General of the MDC. Mr Moyo and Mr Mapombere gave warned and cautioned statements denying the charges and disputing the authenticity of the letters attributed to them. Just before midnight on 3 June, the police officers released Mr Moyo and Mr Mapombere from custody. About one and a half-hours later, Detective Inspector Dohwa came to Mr Moyo’s house and advised him that he had been instructed to redetain him. Mr Moyo phoned the Attorney-General, Mr. Andrew Chigovera. He told Mr Chigovera that the investigating officers had decided that there was no reasonable cause for detaining him yet a senior officer had then unlawfully instructed that he and Mr Mapombere be re-detained. Mr Chigovera said he would speak to the Commissioner of Police. Mr Chigovera phoned back to Mr Moyo and advised him that the Commissioner had told him (Mr Chigovera) that he was not in a position to assist as he had not been able to obtain an explanation from the senior officer who had instructed that Mr Moyo be re-detained. Mr Moyo was taken to Highlands Police Station and was locked in a small cell together with eight or nine other inmates. The conditions in the cell were appalling. The next morning (4 June) Mr Moyo was taken to Harare Central Police Station where he spent most of the day seated in the offices. The only thing the police did was to take Mr Moyo’s fingerprints. At about 3.30 p.m. Mr Moyo and Mr Mapombere were taken to Chivero National Park about 50 km west of Harare together with the entire staff of the Law Society of Zimbabwe. When they reached a remote part of the national park, they were separated and questioned. They were then driven back to Harare. On the way in the police stated that they were now free and could arrange their transport home. However, before they reached the city centre, the police received