Zimbabwe court releases rights lawyer on bail

Zimbabwe's high court has released prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa on $500 bail, after more than a week in prison in a case that has renewed criticism of President Robert Mugabe's security forces.

High Court Judge Joseph Musakwa set aside an earlier decision by a magistrate to deny Mtetwa bail.

"I am satisfied with the application by the appellant and I set aside the ruling of the (lower) court," Musakwa said. (Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; writing by Nelson Banya; editing by David Dolan)