South African Court Orders Probe of Zimbabwe Torture Allegations
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South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the country’s police should investigate alleged crimes against humanity in neighboring Zimbabwe.
The charges of “widespread and systematic torture” are serious enough for South African authorities to pursue their perpetrators even if the wrongdoing was committed in another country, the Bloemfontein-based court ruled today. It rejected an appeal from the police and state prosecutors who argued they didn’t have any jurisdiction.