Mugabve is more like ULFA - since he is throwing out "foreigners"
Umesh
Bartta Bistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
By Angus Shaw, Associated Press | March 14, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2007/03/14/zimbabwe_activist_treated_at_hospital/
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, his right eye swollen
shut and his head partly shaved to reveal crudely stitched gashes, left a
courtroom yesterday and was treated at a hospital for injuries that his lawyer
said were the result of savage police beatings.
Morgan Tsvangirai and other bruised and bloodied activists who were arrested
at a prayer meeting Sunday were ferried under police guard by ambulance and bus
to a private hospital for observation.
Initial medical reports indicated nearly all the 50 detained activists,
including Tsvangirai, sustained severe bruising and internal injuries
reportedly at the hands of police.
Late yesterday , all but 12 of the activists were taken back to court from
the hospital. Beatrice Mtetwa, a lawyer for the group, said that they were
moved at police orders and that no state prosecutor or magistrate was at the
court.
"It is a unilateral appearance called by the police," Mtetwa said. She said
Tsvangirai was among the dozen still at the hospital.
Tsvangirai, 54, and the other opposition figures were arrested in the latest
crackdown on dissent by President Robert Mugabe's security forces and political
supporters. Mtetwa said police forced Tsvangirai and many of her other clients
to lie facedown and then beat them savagely and repeatedly with truncheons at
the scene of the arrests and at police stations.
After their brief court appearance, she said the state intended to charge the
activists with incitement to violence for holding the prayer meeting that
authorities had declared illegal. Formal bail has not been granted to any of
them, and Mtetwa said she would ask a judge to order their release.
As the bandaged activists shuffled into court, many sang and chanted in
defiance of the heavy police presence. Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement
for Democratic Change, stood but did not chant or sing.
British Ambassador Andrew Pockock, who was in court, said the right side of
Tsvangirai's face was swollen, including his eyes. "It was damn barbaric," the
envoy told reporters.
A crowd outside sang and waved the party's open hand salute as Tsvangirai
and about six other injured activists left. Tsvangirai appeared disoriented as
he walked slowly and boarded an emergency vehicle unaided.
Readers ought to visit the above link to look at the photo of Tsvangirai.
BB
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