Zimbabwean trade union leaders, including ZCTU Secretary-General Wellington Chibebe, allege they were tortured while in police detention in Harare. They were amongst 250 trade unionists and other civilians, including approximately 100 women and several infants, arrested following a peaceful protest on Wednesday.According to the Zimbabwean Council of Trade Unions (ZCTU), 12 of its leaders were tortured by Zimbabwean authorities while in detention. According to the global trade unionist movement ICFTU, Mr Chibebe "has had his arm broken" and both he and ZCTU President Lovemore Matombo were "beaten, sustaining cranial/facial bruising and other head injuries."
ZCTU First Vice President Lucia Matibenga and other prisoners have also reported being "beaten on the soles of their feet, having their heads bashed against prison walls and being stamped and kicked in the head."
