MLF takes Mugabe to African rights body

The Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) is taking President Robert Mugabe and the government to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) over the arrests and alleged harassment of its members.

Paul Siwela, John Gazi and Charles Thomas, all MLF senior executive members are facing charges of planning to overthrow the government.

They were arrested last month for allegedly distributing flyers calling for the separation of Matabeleland from the rest of the country.

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