The World - News from Nov. 13, 1985
Amnesty International charged that Zimbabwe has intensified a campaign of arrest and torture of political opponents since Prime Minister Robert Mugabe’s ruling party won a landslide election victory in July. The rights organization said prisoners have been beaten with whips and given electric shocks. Citing a “wide variety of sources,” it said those arrested and held without charge include members of Parliament, city officials and supporters of opposition leader Joshua Nkomo’s party.
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