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Statement on the torture of NCA members in cells
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
July 17, 2006

While we salute the buoyant of our members who spent more than four days in police cells in Mutare and Harare we are deeply concerned by the barbaric treatment of our members by the police of assaulting and torturing them.

The police behaved as if human rights do not exist and subjected our members to inhumane and brutally treatment. In Mutare where our remaining 10 members were released on $500 000 bail today, one of the members is battling for his life after he was assaulted by the police to reveal who was their leader. We have since instructed our lawyers to sue the police.

That applies to Harare where 128 NCA members were released on free bail on Saturday who were at times denied access to food. One of them Evidence John (Ms) collapsed due to hunger and inhabitable conditions at the Harare Central Police Station cells. We were denied access to her to take her to a private doctor after the police took her to Parirenyatwa Hospital and she could not be treated as doctors were on strike.

We will be in the streets soon to demonstrate specifically against the brutality of the police. After that we resume our quest for a democratic constitution.

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