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Chivasa
langushes in custody, badly assaulted
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
April
01, 2008
The national constitutional
assembly NCA spokesperson Maddock Chivasa who was arrested on friday
28 march 2008, a day before the election, is still languishing in
police custody. Chivasa who was denied his right to vote yesterday
is in a critical condition after he was brutally assaulted by police
while in custody.
Chivasa also sustained serious injuries after viscous police dogs
were let loose on them. The group suffered serious dog bits and
up to now they have not received any health assistance. The NCA
calls on the police to exercise their duties in the most non-partisan
way. The NCA calls on state sponsored and sanctioned assaults and
attacks on defenseless human rights defenders to cease forth with.
NCA calls on the powers that be, to immediately release Chivasa
and others.
Chivasa was arrested and assaulted with a group of five other human
rights defenders. Among those severely assaulted is a sixty-five
year old man.
Visit the NCA
fact
sheet
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