Obey Shava
| Obey Shava | |
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| Known for | Human Rights Lawyer |
| Website | twitter |
Obey Shava is a Zimbabwean Legal Practitioner,Notary Public, Conveyancer, Theologian and Human Rights Lawyer. Shava is known for representing social and political activists under the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
Personal Details
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School / Education
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Service / Career
Events
In 2016, he was received the Human Rights Lawyer of the year award in Zimbabwe.
Notable cases
- Martha O'Donovan case: Shava represented Martha who was arrested for undermining the authority of the then president of Zimbabwe,Robert Mugabe.
- On 2 June 2021, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) announced that Shava had approached the courts seeking an order declaring SI 127 of 2021 as unconstitutional and for it to be set aside. Shava cited Mthuli Ncube and Emmerson Mnangagwa as respondents. Shava was represented by Tonderai Bhatasara of ZLHR. [1]
2023 Assault
On Wednesday, 5 July 2023, Obey Shava was attacked in Belvedere, Harare. He was assaulted, his legs broken, and left, by at least four unknown assailants, driving in a green Mercedes Benz sedan and a Toyota GD6. His cell phone was stolen. It is reported the incident took place outside Selborne Routledge Primary School shortly after 1900.
According to Advocate Thabani Mpofu, Shava received a call from a man claiming to have an urgent legal matter and he had agreed to meet the individual in the Belvedere area, where he intended to drop off a lawyer colleague. [2]
Shava is one of the lawyers under the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights who represented CCC activists Joanna Mamombe, Cecelia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova in court.
The Law Society of Zimbabwe has condemned the attack, and is also concerned that violence against legal practitioners has continued to increase recently.
Months ago, Mr. Kudzayi Kadzere, was assaulted by the police while rendering services as a legal practitioner to his clients.
In another case, Mrs. Fadzai Traquino, the Director of Women and Law Southern Africa Research Trust (WLSA), was subjected to cyberbullying by a disgruntled litigant resulting from her representation of the litigant’s estranged wife in a custody dispute.
The Law Society of Zimbabwe is appalled by the increase in attacks and the use of violence against legal practitioners because these acts directly undermine the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
References
- ↑ ZHLR, Twitter, Published: June 2, 2021, Retrieved: June 2, 2021
- ↑ Assailants Lured Human Rights Lawyer Obey Shava To Belvedere, Pindula, Published: 6 July 2023, Retrieved: 7 July 2023
