University campus. He alleges that the police is frequently used to
suppress opposition in the Respondent State.
4. The Complainant avers that after the suspension, the Victim later returned
to the University, but suffered constant harassment by way of
victimisation and death threats from the University authorities and the
police respectively.
5. The Complainant alleges that in May 2006, there was high tension at
Bindura University caused by the increase of tuition for students. He
alleges further that students were tortured and about 200 were arrested
from the National University of Science and Technology, while student
leaders were expelled from the University of Zimbabwe, for unjustified
reasons.
6. The Complainant states that in mid-May 2006, the Victim and other
student leaders staged a peaceful march in their various universities. He
alleges that the peaceful march led to the arrest of the Victim, along with
forty-seven (47) other students who were taken to Rhodesville Police
Station.
7. The Complainant alleges that the Victim and other students were detained
overnight in a crowded cell, which was wet, dirty, smelly, infested with
vermin, and with a small opening for a window. He alleges that the
students were brutally assaulted by the police while in the cell. The
Complainant purports that the Victim was punched with clenched fists,
kicked, and beaten on the soles of his feet. He alleges that the Victim was
also denied food, visits from his relatives and access to a lawyer during
the two days detention period. The Complainant avers that, the Victim
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