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Court seeks more evidence in arrest of prostitutes

Zimbabwe's constitutional court has outlawed the arrest of women on charges of soliciting for sex in the absence of confirmation from men that they were offered the services for a fee, local media reported.

The court made the ruling in an application by nine women who were contesting their arrest. The women were arrested in Harare in March 2014 during an operation by police code-named "No to Robberies and Prostitution".

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