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Harare High Court
Tendai Biti Law v The Commissioner General of Prisons & Correctional Services and The Prisons and Correctional Services
HH 785-17
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
23 November 2017
Citation
HH 785-17
Neutral Citation
[2017] ZWHH 785
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application
Bench
Presiding
TSANGA J
Full Bench
TSANGA J
Areas of Law
Administrative LawConstitutional LawPrisoners' Rights
Keywords
death row prisonerslegal accessurgencyhangman appointment
Tags
death penaltyprisoner accessconstitutional rightsurgent application
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act 2013
- High Court Rules, 1972
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the application was sufficiently urgent to be heard on an urgent basis","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Presidential statements about resuming executions; firm denied access to prisoners"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant law firm sought urgent access to death row prisoners at Harare Remand Prison following presidential statements about resuming executions. The firm was being denied access because it did not have a specific prisoner to visit and no prisoner had requested their visit.
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