Eighteen Zimbabwean opposition activists detained last year and in jail facing terrorism charges will be released on bail on Wednesday, a defence lawyer said.
"The attorney-general has consented to bail, so we are going to court . . . to have the agreement effected by the magistrate," defence lawyer Harrison Nkomo told Reuters.
The indictment and imprisonment of the activists, including leading human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, sparked fresh tension in the unity government of President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The activists were ordered back to jail on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from Western countries and human rights groups.
The activists, who also include several members of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), say they were abducted by state security agents from their homes last year and tortured to force them to confess to planning to remove Mugabe from power.
The activists were granted bail in March with the consent of state prosecutors.
Long-time rivals Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai formed a unity government in February after months of wrangling but sharp differences remain over issues such as the review of the posts of central bank governor and attorney general.
Mr Mugabe has yet to swear in Roy Bennett, a senior white MDC member, as deputy agriculture minister. Mr Bennett was jailed for a month in February on charges of plotting terrorism.
Reuters