Shocking police brutality exposed

Government's brutal crackdown on protesters has once again come under the spotlight after gory images of tortured Harare protesters were captured, as the victims appeared at the Mbare Magistrates' Court for remand on Monday.

The victims claimed they were tortured in police custody following their arrest in Glen View on Saturday.

The protesters, who included Glen View North MP Fani Munengami (MDC-T), had participated in demonstrations organized by the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera).

Gut-wrenching pictures, taken at the Mbare Magistrates' Court on Monday after defence lawyers Jeremiah Bamu and Moses Nkomo requested to give evidence of police brutality to magistrate Stanley Mambanje, showed some women with severely lacerated backsides, after they were allegedly whipped with police rubber truncheons.