Torture, President Hichilema is treading on dangerous ground

I DON’T know about you. But I had trouble to sleep.When they tortured and brutally beat Shabby Chilekwa, a former barber to President Edgar Lungu, people looked away to the serious torture allegations may be because he was a murder suspect.We have seen the pattern repeat itself.In Luapula, we saw soldiers brutally beat youths that had issued a video condemning high cost of living and issued invectives against President Hakainde Hichilema.The matter was made grave by the Director General of Civil Military Affairs, Brigadier-General Genoh Muke who stated that “a few slaps on the youth did not constitute brutality or torture.”But the Minister of Defence, Mr Ambrose Lwiji Lufuma pledged that the soldiers will be disciplined.But revelations that Economic and Equity Party leader Chilufya Tayali was beaten and tortured and he is in need of urgent medical attention, is heart-breaking.What has Chilufya Tayali done?He issued a video statement that suggest that President Hichilema and Senior […]