{"id":56222,"date":"2022-03-19T21:50:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T19:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=56222"},"modified":"2022-03-19T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T18:18:18","slug":"amnesty-international-condemns-the-assault-and-torture-of-madzibaba-veshanduko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/amnesty-international-condemns-the-assault-and-torture-of-madzibaba-veshanduko","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International Condemns The Assault And Torture of \u2018Madzibaba Veshanduko\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Amnesty International has condemned police brutality after a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter was hospitalised after he was assaulted by members of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Harare on 17 March.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the assault and torture of CCC member, Godfrey Karembera, better known as Madzibaba VeShanduko, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International\u2019s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said:<\/p>\n<p>This brutal and vicious assault against Godfrey Karembera is meant to intimidate political opposition supporters in Zimbabwe ahead of the upcoming by-elections<\/p>\n<p>This brutal and vicious assault against Godfrey Karembera is meant to intimidate political opposition supporters in Zimbabwe ahead of the upcoming by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>This attack is a chilling reminder of the country\u2019s history of unlawful use of force by police around elections.<\/p>\n<p>It sends a message to supporters of the opposition that they will pay a price for aligning with the political party of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>The police claim that Godfrey Karembera, known as Madzibaba Veshanduko, used abusive language against them or tried to deface the statue of Mbuya Nehanda holds no water.<\/p>\n<p>Police are trained to enforce the law and not to break it themselves \u2013 they must use the proper process to deal with suspected criminals including bringing them to court for a fair trial.<\/p>\n<p>The police in question must be investigated and those found responsible must be brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>ZRP justified the assault of Karembera in a statement that he was \u201cengaging in unsanctioned political activities in the Harare Central District\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Vice President, Constantino Chiwenga, on 26 February this year, threatened the opposition CCC saying the ruling ZANU-PF party would \u201ccrush the party like lice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Amnesty International has condemned police brutality after a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter was hospitalised after he was assaulted by members of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Harare on 17 March. Responding to the assault and torture of CCC member, Godfrey Karembera, better known as Madzibaba VeShanduko, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,2606,9093,9094,9092,3438,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-56222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-amnesty-international","14":"tag-godfrey-karembera","15":"tag-madzibaba-weshanduko","16":"tag-muleya-mwananyanda","17":"tag-police-brutality","18":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amnesty International Condemns The Assault And Torture of \u2018Madzibaba Veshanduko\u2019 - 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