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May 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“Fantastic treatment for my arm from nurses and doctors at United
Bulawayo Hospital. True charity and devotion,” he wrote.
He added: “In good spirits. Thanks for so much amazing support from home.
Perhaps a small glass of wine tonight.”
But there was a note of caution in his messages – he faces a charge of
violating the conditions of his entry on a tourist visa, which carries a
fine of £3,200 or – less likely in his case – up to ten years imprisonment.
“Sadly all not over but hope to be home soon xx,” he wrote in
response to a friend from the BBC.
Fans of Mr Trelawny’s BBC Radio Three music programmes, Music Matters,
Breakfast and Live in Concert, responded with outrage over his arrest and
prayers for his safe return.
“Zimbabwe’s mistreating @PetrocTrelawny going unpunished by supine
@foreignoffice,” wrote Scott Brown.
“Radio 3 isn’t the same without you. I think we should lock you up in R3
studio next time!” Henry Lamprecht wrote.
Musician Sandy Burnett promised “A GT and cold compress awaits you
in W12 on yr return x”.
There are concerns that Mr Trelawny’s continued detention in Zimbabwe
is taking on an increasingly political dimension.
Immigration authorities brought a fresh charge against him yesterday, despite
a High Court Judge and the country’s Attorney General ruling that he should
be allowed to go free.
He was initially arrested last Thursday for failing to obtain a Temporary
Employment Permit to compère for free at the Bulawayo Music Festival, a
yearly event which involves 500 local schoolchildren performing Song of the
Carnivores.
Munyaradzi Ngarayapenga, his lawyer, said the new charge carries the risk of
deportation, a fine or imprisonment.
“He is being charged with violating the conditions of his entry, in other
words he is accused of making a false declaration when he came into the
country,” he said.
Ministers from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic
Change, who run the Arts and Home Affairs ministries, responsible for
managing visitors’ permits, have condemned the latest development.
“This is outrageous conduct by the Department of Immigration and is
seriously damaging to Zimbabwe’s international reputation,” David
Coltart, the MDC Arts, Culture and Education minister, said.
Theresa Makone, the MDC Home Affairs Minister, said the immigration
authorities had “no right” to insist on Mr Trelawny’s continued
detention.
“If the Attorney General has said he is not going to prosecute, no one in
this country has the right to hold that person,” she said. “It’s
wrong and looks like someone is being mischievous.” But a Harare lawyer
with expertise in immigration issues said Home Affairs would have little
sway over those driving Mr Trelawny’s prosecution.
“The immigration department has enormous powers,” he said. “They
can conduct their own investigations. There are people who have been in
remand prison in Harare for years on immigration offences. This case is
quite extraordinary given that the Attorney General declined to prosecute.”
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