WEDNESDAY, 4.00PM:
ZAMBIAN opposition leader Dean Mung’omba says he is being ‘tortured’ by police during his detention in a Zambian prison. He was arrested last Friday under State of Emergency regulations on suspicion of involvement in last week’s abortive coup.
Mung’omba said in a letter to his party president: “I have been … tortured, no food, no bath, no change of clothes, no visitors, intimidation, victimisation.”
The Zambia High Court has ordered that a doctor examine him in detention, and that he be given access to his lawyers, to food and changes of clothing.
The country’s Human Rights Commission has announced that it will keep a close watch on Mung’ omba and his alleged partners in the coup attempt, captain Stephen Lungu and captain Jack Chiti. Mung’omba denied he had any connection with the officers.
State of Emergency declared in Zambia (30 Oct)