Namibia: Forty-Three Acquitted in Treason Trial

12 February 2013

FORTY-THREE of the men who have been facing charges in the marathon Caprivi high treason trial were pronounced not guilty on all charges yesterday.

Judge Elton Hoff discharged the 43 following the close of the prosecution's case against them. Sixty-five accused persons now remain in the dock in the trial, facing a total of 278 charges in connection with allegations that they participated in a plot to secede the Caprivi Region from Namibia through armed means between 1992 and 2002.

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