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| Alice Manikai |
Monalisa
Matongo
Matongo
MUTARE
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The Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have offered a female victim of
police brutality medical treatment as part of the organisation’s outreach work
in poor communities, TellZim can reveal.
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The Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have offered a female victim of
police brutality medical treatment as part of the organisation’s outreach work
in poor communities, TellZim can reveal.
Alice Manikai was
savaged by a police officer while in a sugar queue in Dangamvira on May 06 and
she had to go to the police station to demand that she be given emergency
medical treatment at a local clinic.
savaged by a police officer while in a sugar queue in Dangamvira on May 06 and
she had to go to the police station to demand that she be given emergency
medical treatment at a local clinic.
ZDHR has however
offered to pay for a more detailed medical examination after TellZim published
the story soon after the incident.
offered to pay for a more detailed medical examination after TellZim published
the story soon after the incident.
After she was called by
the organisation, Manikai said she was glad TellZim amplified her story, adding
that she needed her forehead to be examined as it was savaged by the police
officer’s baton stick in a supposed attempt to maintain order at the queue.
the organisation, Manikai said she was glad TellZim amplified her story, adding
that she needed her forehead to be examined as it was savaged by the police
officer’s baton stick in a supposed attempt to maintain order at the queue.
“I was pleased that
somebody in Harare read about what happened to me and decided to help. I have
been given an appointment with a doctor. I think an X-Ray will prove whether or
not I suffered a crack on my skull. I thank TellZim for writing about what
happened to me,” she said.
somebody in Harare read about what happened to me and decided to help. I have
been given an appointment with a doctor. I think an X-Ray will prove whether or
not I suffered a crack on my skull. I thank TellZim for writing about what
happened to me,” she said.
In a statement to TellZim, ZDHR said the organization
was glad to help wherever possible especially in cases of violation of human
rights by both State and non-State actors.
was glad to help wherever possible especially in cases of violation of human
rights by both State and non-State actors.
“Alice says she was
unfairly targeted and it is a matter of concern to us. The health of citizens is
critical; especially the rights of such vulnerable groups as women and
children. That is of particular concern to us,” the organization said.
unfairly targeted and it is a matter of concern to us. The health of citizens is
critical; especially the rights of such vulnerable groups as women and
children. That is of particular concern to us,” the organization said.
There has been a marked
increase in cases of police brutality after the beginning of the lockdown, the
most outrageous is probably the brutalization of two Bulawayo sisters;
Nokuthula and Ntombizodwa Mpofu for allegedly violating lockdown regulations.
increase in cases of police brutality after the beginning of the lockdown, the
most outrageous is probably the brutalization of two Bulawayo sisters;
Nokuthula and Ntombizodwa Mpofu for allegedly violating lockdown regulations.
Pictures of the two women’s badly bruised bodies which
circulated online prompted the intervention of the National Peace and
Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) which assisted the two women in filing a
formal police complaint.
circulated online prompted the intervention of the National Peace and
Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) which assisted the two women in filing a
formal police complaint.
