(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is expressing serious concern about the ill-treatment inflicted on Marc Chavunduka and Ray Choto, both journalists with the “Standard”. According to RSF’s information, both were beaten and one of them received electric shocks to his genitals. The military police wanted them to reveal their sources for a controversial article about an alleged […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is expressing serious concern about the ill-treatment
inflicted on Marc Chavunduka and Ray Choto, both journalists with the
“Standard”. According to RSF’s information, both were beaten and one of them
received electric shocks to his genitals. The military police wanted them to
reveal their sources for a controversial article about an alleged coup
d’etat.
**Updates IFEX alerts of 21 January, 18 January, 15 January and 13 January
1999**
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the Justice Minister:
tortured while in detention
soon
be dropped
exercising their right to free expression, as guaranteed in the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Zimbabwe has
ratified
Appeals To
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Minister of Justice
Harare, Zimbabwe
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
