and the other students were released after two days without any
procedures of being charged.
8. The Complainant claims that after the first arrest, the Victim was again
arrested and released after being assaulted by the police. He submits that
on the night of the same day the Victim was released, he was abducted by
members of the Government Security Agency-Central Intelligence
Organisation (CIO), who bundled him into a vehicle and drove him to an
unknown destination. The Complainant alleges that while in the vehicle,
the Victim was continually assaulted and later overheard his abductors
making plans to kill him and dump his body because he is critical of the
Government.
9.
The Complainant states that after overhearing plots to be killed by his
abductors, the Victim became terrified and jumped out of the moving
vehicle to escape. As a result of this, he sustained severe body injuries
and was fortunately rescued by passers-by.
10. The Complainant submits that after this ordeal, which the Victim
narrowly escaped from, he fled from Zimbabwe to South Africa.
Articles alleged to have been violated
11. The Complainant alleges that, the Victim‟s rights under Articles 4, 5, 6,
7(b) and 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (the
African Charter) have been violated by the Respondent State.
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