Zimbabwe Group Accuses Security Forces of Torturing Protesters
- Clashes between protesters, security forces left 12 dead
- Police failed to cooperate with group’s probe into violence
Zimbabwean anti-riot police forces watch men, arrested during violent protests triggered by a sudden rise in fuel prices, at their hearing at the Law Court in Harare.
Photographer: Jekesai Njikazana/AFP via Getty Images
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Zimbabwe’s police and army used “systematic torture” against mainly young men during a week of often violent anti-government protests last week, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission said.
At least 12 people died in clashes between the security forces and demonstrators who took to the streets last week after the government more than doubled fuel prices. The ZHRC, a constitutional body established by government, began an inquiry into the violence last week.