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ZAMBIA: Opposition Leader Cautioned

ZAMBIA: Opposition Leader Cautioned The president clamps down on his critics. Police on January 13th used batons and teargas on a crowd of opposition activists gathered outside a police station in the capital where their leader had been summoned. Hundreds of people turned out to support Hakainde Hichilema , who leads Zambia's third largest opposition party, as he arrived at the police station to face a charge of spreading false information. Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development ( UPND ), is accused of making false allegations that militia were attempting to harm opposition politician, Frank Bwalya. Bwalya was charged with defamation the previous week after he compared the president to a potato. Hichilema's supporters said they feared he could be poisoned while in police custody and were there to provide protection. A journalist from the privately owned broadcaster Prime Television and a lawmaker from Hichilema's party were among the injured. Hichilema decried what he called the “brutal Sata state” – a reference to President Michael Sata . Police, however, defended the use of force. “There is no way we could have handled them with care, one of our officers was also attacked,” said police spokeswoman Charity Munganga Chanda. Hichilema http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2014.05521.x
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The president clamps down on his critics. Police on January 13th used batons and teargas on a crowd of opposition activists gathered outside a police station in the capital where their leader had been summoned. Hundreds of people turned out to support Hakainde Hichilema , who leads Zambia's third largest opposition party, as he arrived at the police station to face a charge of spreading false information. Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development ( UPND ), is accused of making false allegations that militia were attempting to harm opposition politician, Frank Bwalya. Bwalya was charged with defamation the previous week after he compared the president to a potato. Hichilema's supporters said they feared he could be poisoned while in police custody and were there to provide protection. A journalist from the privately owned broadcaster Prime Television and a lawmaker from Hichilema's party were among the injured. Hichilema decried what he called the “brutal Sata state” – a reference to President Michael Sata . Police, however, defended the use of force. “There is no way we could have handled them with care, one of our officers was also attacked,” said police spokeswoman Charity Munganga Chanda. Hichilema

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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