After few days of images depicting evidence of torture of Shebby Chilekwa taking rounds on social media, the PF has written the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights over the alleged torture of former president Edgar Lungu’s barber whilst in police custody.
Mr Raphael Nakacinda said in a letter dated 7th March 2022 that Chilekwa was tortured and treated in a degrading or inhuman way to the extent of him struggling to hear and that he was passing blood.
The PF National Chairperson in charge of Information and Publicity charged that government has endorsed the said torture and has failed, neglected or otherwise ignored its obligation under the convention against torture as it has not reacted to the said torture let alone punished the officers or even the cadres involved who belong to the same political party involved in the acts.
The party MCC demanded that government should compensate the murder suspect for the torture he suffered.
“In view of the above I implore your good office to investigate this matter, take Zambia to task and ensure that Shebby Chilekwa gets the protection he is entitled to both under the convention against torture and the Zambian Constitution.
Further, I implore that the Honourable Court should compel Zambia to accordingly compensate Shebby Chilekwa and his family for the torture he suffered,” he said.
