Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:30:38 +0000 By Chintu Malambo IS Zambia taking democracy to extremes by granting prisoners the right to vote? Are these hallmarks of a dictatorship. How many so-called democracies have granted prisoners the right to vote in national elections? Granted the move will have some challenges in implementation, but the fact that the court has deemed it fit to grant prisoners the right to vote, puts Zambia way above most democracies that overlook the rights of all human beings irrespective of their role in society. No one really knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. Isn’t it good to know that Zambian prisoners have finally been granted the right to vote? To address human rights issues in Zambian prisons that have been brought about by a system delayed justice, and to promote human and civil rights of suspects, conditions of prisoners are slowly changing and this is something to […]
