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171. On 9 March 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent message to the
Government of Zaire stating that more than 15 persons, including
Mrs. Makake Nsumba and her baby, Messrs. Pierre Nsungululu,
Kovula Mukoka Mweme, Joseph Mati, Lyandja Eseamu, Mutambayi, Kanambu and
Makeng Nlandu were arrested on 17 January 1989 in Binza Ozone by members of
SARM. They were then taken to Kinsuka, where they were reportedly tortured.
Subsequently, soldiers took these persons to an unknown destination.
Zimbabwe
172. On 8 February 1989 the Government of Zimbabwe addressed a letter to the
Special Rapporteur referring to allegations contained in letters transmitted
by him on 18 October 1985 and 17 July 1986, regarding four persons who had
allegedly been tortured by the security forces. According to the Government,
extensive investigations had been instituted and it was established that there
was no record to indicate that the four persons concerned - Joseph Mbedzi,
Mandubu Zengo, Daylight Komboni and Collen Mhlanga - had ever been arrested by
the police. With regard to an allegation, transmitted in the letter dated
18 October 1985, of the kidnapping of 11 persons in Silobela, it was not known
who could have perpetrated it and no official complaint had been lodged with
competent authorities regarding that matter.
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