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Zimbabwe: Human rights lawyer tortured with electrodes in Zimbabwe.

Amnesty International. [...] AI Index: AFR 46/004/2004 Human rights lawyer tortured with electrodes in Zimbabwe Updated 17 March 2004 Summary Gabriel Shumba remains safely in South Africa. [...] In February 2004 charges of treason against Gabriel Shumba, and four others arrested with him, were dismissed by the Harare high court for lack of evidence. [...] The police who allegedly tortured him are still to be brought to justice. [...] Police in Zimbabwe continue to commit torture without fear of legal sanction.
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Index number
AFR 46/004/2004
Published in
United Kingdom

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