15 February 2024
Victoria, Seychelles
Kiongozi wa United Seychelles, chama kikuu cha upinzani, Dkt Patrick Herminie na mchawi wake kutoka Tanzania
Mahakama ya Ushelisheli mnamo Alhamisi ilifuta mashtaka yote ya watu watano kati ya wanane katika kesi ya uchawi iliyokuwa ikiendelea.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-HQH8b6olqY
Kiongozi wa United Seychelles, chama kikuu cha upinzani, Dkt Patrick Herminie alikuwa miongoni mwa wale ambao mashtaka yao yalitupiliwa mbali na kuachiliwa.
Wengine wanne ambao mashtaka yao yaliondolewa na kuachiliwa ni Yvon Legaie kutoka Ma Joie, Jules Radegonde kutoka La Digue, Kenneth Evenor kutoka Grand Anse Mahe na Marcel Naiken kutoka Baie Lazare.
Huku kesi ya awali ikifutwa kwa walio wengi waliohusika, upande wa mashtaka umefungua kesi mbili mpya dhidi ya raia wa Tanzania, Alli Said, Simon Dine kutoka Anse Aux Pins na, Bashir Umarji kutoka Kijiji cha Quincy.
Dine na Umarji wanakabiliwa na mashtaka ya kutoa ushauri nasaha na kumpata mtu mwingine kufanya uchawi huku Alli akikabiliwa na shtaka la kula njama za uchawi.
Wanaume watatu waliosalia katika kesi hiyo watafikishwa katika Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Februari 29, 2024 kutoa maelezo yao na hiyo itategemea iwapo nyaraka za kesi hiyo zimekabidhiwa kwa mawakili kwa wakati.
Masharti ya dhamana ya Umarji na Dine yanasalia kuwa yale yale - SCR30,000 ($2,094) ya dhamana ya kuachiliwa kwao huku raia wa Tanzania akiendelea kuzuiliwa na polisi.
Kesi hiyo inahusiana na kukamatwa kwa raia wa Tanzania Septemba 21 mwaka jana, akiwa na vitu kadhaa vya tuguli vinavyohusishwa na uchawi.
Miongoni mwa vitu hivyo ni mbao nyeusi, mawe, chupa ndogo za maji ya hudhurungi, unga wa aina mbalimbali na nyaraka kadhaa zenye lugha ya ajabu na alama ambazo zilielezwa kuwa za kishetani na za kiruhani.
Ni kupitia mahojiano ya polisi kwa raia huyo wa Tanzania ambapo majina ya washukiwa watano wa Ushelisheli yalitajwa na baadaye kukamatwa.
Herminie alikamatwa, akahojiwa, na baadaye akaachiliwa mnamo Septemba 29.
Washelisheli hao wengine watano waliwekwa rumande kwa makosa ya kutekeleza ushauri katika masuala ya uchawi, kuingia katika maeneo ya makaburi kwa njia isiyo halali, kukashifu dini ya tabaka zingine, pamoja na kuandika au kutamka maneno kwa nia ya kuumiza hisia za kidini.
Dr Patrick Herminie (first right) was among those whose charges were dropped and released. (Seychelles News Agency)
The Seychelles Magistrates' Court on Thursday dropped all charges on five of the eight individuals in an ongoing witchcraft case.
Leader of United Seychelles, the main opposition party, Dr Patrick Herminie was among those whose charges were dropped and released.
The other four whose charges were dropped and released are Yvon Legaie from Ma Joie, Jules Radegonde from La Digue, Kenneth Evenor from Grand Anse Mahe and Marcel Naiken from Baie Lazare.
With the initial case dropped for the majority of those involved, the prosecution has opened two new cases against a Tanzanian national, Alli Said, Simon Dine from Anse Aux Pins and, and Bashir Umarji from Quincy Village.
Dine and Umarji are facing counts of counselling and procuring another person to exercise witchcraft while Alli faces charges of conspiracy to exercise witchcraft.
The three men remaining in the case will appear before the Magistrate's Court on February 29 to make their pleas and that will depend on whether the documents in the case have been handed to the counsels in time.
Umarji and Dine's bail conditions remain the same - SCR30,000 ($2,094) bail bond- for their release while the Tanzanian national remains in police custody.
The case relates to the arrest of a Tanzanian national on September 21 last year, in possession of several items that have been linked to witchcraft.
Among the items were black wooden artifacts, stones, small bottles of brownish liquid, an assortment of powders and several documents with strange language and symbols that were described as demonic and satanic.
It was through a police interrogation of the Tanzanian national that the names of the five Seychellois suspects were mentioned and subsequently apprehended.
Herminie was arrested, questioned, and later released on September 29.
The five other Seychellois were remanded for the offences of carrying out advice in matters of witchcraft, trespassing on burial places, insult to religion of any class, as well as writing or uttering words with intent to wound religious feelings.
Victoria, Seychelles
Kiongozi wa United Seychelles, chama kikuu cha upinzani, Dkt Patrick Herminie na mchawi wake kutoka Tanzania
Mahakama ya Ushelisheli mnamo Alhamisi ilifuta mashtaka yote ya watu watano kati ya wanane katika kesi ya uchawi iliyokuwa ikiendelea.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-HQH8b6olqY
Kiongozi wa United Seychelles, chama kikuu cha upinzani, Dkt Patrick Herminie alikuwa miongoni mwa wale ambao mashtaka yao yalitupiliwa mbali na kuachiliwa.
Wengine wanne ambao mashtaka yao yaliondolewa na kuachiliwa ni Yvon Legaie kutoka Ma Joie, Jules Radegonde kutoka La Digue, Kenneth Evenor kutoka Grand Anse Mahe na Marcel Naiken kutoka Baie Lazare.
Huku kesi ya awali ikifutwa kwa walio wengi waliohusika, upande wa mashtaka umefungua kesi mbili mpya dhidi ya raia wa Tanzania, Alli Said, Simon Dine kutoka Anse Aux Pins na, Bashir Umarji kutoka Kijiji cha Quincy.
Dine na Umarji wanakabiliwa na mashtaka ya kutoa ushauri nasaha na kumpata mtu mwingine kufanya uchawi huku Alli akikabiliwa na shtaka la kula njama za uchawi.
Wanaume watatu waliosalia katika kesi hiyo watafikishwa katika Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Februari 29, 2024 kutoa maelezo yao na hiyo itategemea iwapo nyaraka za kesi hiyo zimekabidhiwa kwa mawakili kwa wakati.
Masharti ya dhamana ya Umarji na Dine yanasalia kuwa yale yale - SCR30,000 ($2,094) ya dhamana ya kuachiliwa kwao huku raia wa Tanzania akiendelea kuzuiliwa na polisi.
Kesi hiyo inahusiana na kukamatwa kwa raia wa Tanzania Septemba 21 mwaka jana, akiwa na vitu kadhaa vya tuguli vinavyohusishwa na uchawi.
Miongoni mwa vitu hivyo ni mbao nyeusi, mawe, chupa ndogo za maji ya hudhurungi, unga wa aina mbalimbali na nyaraka kadhaa zenye lugha ya ajabu na alama ambazo zilielezwa kuwa za kishetani na za kiruhani.
Ni kupitia mahojiano ya polisi kwa raia huyo wa Tanzania ambapo majina ya washukiwa watano wa Ushelisheli yalitajwa na baadaye kukamatwa.
Herminie alikamatwa, akahojiwa, na baadaye akaachiliwa mnamo Septemba 29.
Washelisheli hao wengine watano waliwekwa rumande kwa makosa ya kutekeleza ushauri katika masuala ya uchawi, kuingia katika maeneo ya makaburi kwa njia isiyo halali, kukashifu dini ya tabaka zingine, pamoja na kuandika au kutamka maneno kwa nia ya kuumiza hisia za kidini.
Witchcraft charges dropped against United Seychelles party leader
General |Author: Rita Joubert-Lawen Edited by: Betymie Bonnelame | February 15, 2024, Thursday @ 15:42| 805 views
Dr Patrick Herminie (first right) was among those whose charges were dropped and released. (Seychelles News Agency)
The Seychelles Magistrates' Court on Thursday dropped all charges on five of the eight individuals in an ongoing witchcraft case.
Leader of United Seychelles, the main opposition party, Dr Patrick Herminie was among those whose charges were dropped and released.
The other four whose charges were dropped and released are Yvon Legaie from Ma Joie, Jules Radegonde from La Digue, Kenneth Evenor from Grand Anse Mahe and Marcel Naiken from Baie Lazare.
With the initial case dropped for the majority of those involved, the prosecution has opened two new cases against a Tanzanian national, Alli Said, Simon Dine from Anse Aux Pins and, and Bashir Umarji from Quincy Village.
Dine and Umarji are facing counts of counselling and procuring another person to exercise witchcraft while Alli faces charges of conspiracy to exercise witchcraft.
The three men remaining in the case will appear before the Magistrate's Court on February 29 to make their pleas and that will depend on whether the documents in the case have been handed to the counsels in time.
Umarji and Dine's bail conditions remain the same - SCR30,000 ($2,094) bail bond- for their release while the Tanzanian national remains in police custody.
The case relates to the arrest of a Tanzanian national on September 21 last year, in possession of several items that have been linked to witchcraft.
Among the items were black wooden artifacts, stones, small bottles of brownish liquid, an assortment of powders and several documents with strange language and symbols that were described as demonic and satanic.
It was through a police interrogation of the Tanzanian national that the names of the five Seychellois suspects were mentioned and subsequently apprehended.
Herminie was arrested, questioned, and later released on September 29.
The five other Seychellois were remanded for the offences of carrying out advice in matters of witchcraft, trespassing on burial places, insult to religion of any class, as well as writing or uttering words with intent to wound religious feelings.
