11 student teachers at Belvedere Teachers College who were protesting after they had been denied to enter the campus for non-payment of fees have been arrested and seriously injured by the police in Harare over the decision to block them from accessing the campus before paying their tuition fees.
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) confirmed the arrests.
The students were held at Milton Park police station before being transferred to Harare Central police station.
Lawyers from ZLHR Tinashe Chinopfukutwa and Paidamoyo Saurombe are representing the arrested students.
“Today, the week commenced with our lawyers searching and locating 11 student teachers who were rounded up at Belvedere Technical Teachers College and detained at Milton Park police station.
“The 11 are being transferred to Harare Central police station and some of them are nursing injuries after they were severely assaulted, the students were demonstrating against fees hike and the college’s decision to turn away students for non-payment of fees,” read part of the tweet.
Fees ranging from between $38200 for campus students and $21100 for day scholars was beyond their reach.
They were planning to march to Higher Education minister Professor Amon Murwira’s offices to plead.
