Movement For Democratic Change supporters demonstrate outside Mutare magistrates court were Roy Bennet, Tsvangirai's designated deputy agriculture minister, appeared for the first time since his arrest, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, about 200 kms east of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Police announced terrorism- and weapons-related charges Tuesday against a prominent official in the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has called the case an attempt to derail Zimbabwe's unity government. Police told a magistrate he was accused of attempting to commit terrorism; banditry and sabotage; conspiring to acquire arms to disrupt essential services; illegal possession of fire arms and weapons; and attempting to leave the country illegally, the party said. The magistrate said he would rule Wednesday on whether the police case was strong enough for the trial to proceed.
Zimbabwe's deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, arrives outside the court were Roy Bennet, Tsvangirai's designated deputy agriculture minister, appeared in court for the first time since his arrest, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, about 200 kms east of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.
Movement For Democratic Change supporters demonstrate outside Mutare magistrates court were Roy Bennet, Tsvangirai's designated deputy agriculture minister, appeared for the first time since his arrest, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, about 200 kms east of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.
Supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) cheer outside a court in the eastern city of Mutare, February 17 2009.
A supporter of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) confronts a policeman outside court in the eastern city of Mutare, February 17 2009.
Supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) cheer outside a court in the eastern city of Mutare, February 17 2009. The court charged a senior MDC party official over a plot involving terrorism and insurgency, just days after the party joined a unity government with President Robert Mugabe. But lawyers for Roy Bennett asked the court to drop the charges, saying a court had thrown out similar charges in a related case in 2006.
Zimbabwe's deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, center background, leaves the court were Roy Bennet, Tsvangirai's designated deputy agriculture minister, appeared in court for the first time since his arrest, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, about 200 kms east of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.
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