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‘Tortured’ Zimbabwe Politicians Charged With Lying

Headlines Tortured Zimbabwe Politicians Charged With Lying
JUN 11, 2020 LISTEN

Zimbabwe police has charged an opposition Member of Parliament and two activists with lying about being tortured in custody.

The three women – Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova had been arrested and charged over their participation in a protest rally in May.

The women alleged that police had subjected at least one of them to serious sexual violence and were admitted to hospital with various injuries.

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A spokeswoman for Zimbabwe’s opposition, Fadzai Mahere of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, said the three were re-arrested while visiting their lawyer to talk about that case.

They now face new charges of falsifying their previous ordeal.

---BBC

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