Word: chavunduka
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There were several days of pleas and threats of violence, Chavunduka said. Then they began to torture him at a professional torture center and at the military barracks, he said...
After their release six days later, Choto and Chavunduka traveled to London for physical and psychological treatment at the Medical Foundation...
...Chavunduka's newspaper made an application for his release, and the High Court of Zimbabwe, another judicial body, ruled three times that the military release the editor. But the military defied them, releasing Chavunduka only after six days...
...Chavunduka said he thinks a combination of factors finally led to his release--the growing international pressure, the series of orders from the high court and a big march organized on the Saturday immediately after his capture...
They have launched a challenge to the law being used against them, calling it vague and outdated. It dates back to the 1960s when colonial governments were trying to suppress African nationalism, according to Chavunduka, and has probably not been used in 20 years...