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Mugabe refuses to apologize for the Gukurahundi killings

zimbabwemetro.com: "HARARE – Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo says he backs a motion by the mainstream MDC parliamentarians for the setting up of a special committee to look into the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.
Last week a parliamentary debate on national healing sent emotions running high when MDC parliamentarians brought the Gukurahundi issue up for debate."

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Court frees boy prisoner

The Namibian Newspaper: "THE High Court yesterday ordered the immediate release of a 12-year-old boy who became Namibia's youngest sentenced prison inmate after receiving a six-month jail term for housebreaking and theft at Karasburg in October.

In a review judgement handed down by Judge Elton Hoff, Acting Judge Claus Hinrichsen set aside the boy's conviction and sentence and ordered his immediate release from detention.

Judge Hoff agreed with Acting Judge Hinrichsen's decision, which was based on the principle that a child as young as the boy is presumed not to be criminally liable, especially where he had been involved in a crime while under the influence and instructions of a much older person.
The boy was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on October 19, after he had been convicted in the Karasburg Magistrate's Court on a charge of housebreaking with intent to steal and theft."
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