NCA CHIVASA BADLY ASSAULTED IN POLICE CUSTODY

CHIVASA LANGUSHES IN CUSTODY, BADLY ASSAULTED

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 upto 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 defenceless 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.