O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
I don’t understand, and probably never will, how emotional we can get sometimes as a country. Public opinion seems to rule everything.
@LindaKasonde is being heavily criticized simply for stating what the law already provides: that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, and that anyone facing trial must be treated with dignity and in line with their human rights.
It’s not always easy. We may feel that some people don’t deserve those protections based on their actions in the past. But that is exactly why the protections exist so the law can operate freely and fairly, without bias, no matter who is involved. Once you start carving out exceptions based on how unpopular or “obviously guilty” someone seems, the rule becomes selective and political rather than legal.
Personally, I don’t see this as a controversial position. It’s the foundation of any legal discussion.
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JOINT STATEMENT BY 24 LOCAL AND REGIONAL AFRICAN CSOs ON THE RECENT APPREHENSION OF ZAMBIAN EMMANUEL JAY BANDA IN MOZAMBIQUE
As now Governor of the US State of Maryland once said, our worst decisions should not separate us from the circle of humanity. Allegedly committing a crime or even actually committing a crime does not mean that that individual should be deprived of all their human rights, due process, and the security of the law.
We call on the Zambian and Mozambican Governments to explain the circumstances in which Zambian opposition politician Emmanuel Jay Banda was apprehended in Mozambique and returned to Zambia.
If indeed there was a lack of due process and that Mr. Banda was not given the ability to challenge the process in a court of law, serious questions must be asked of the Zambian and Mozambican Governments. You cannot condemn criminality on the one hand and refuse to respect the law in purporting to enforce it on the other hand. There is a worrying trend in the African region of African Governments executing cross-border apprehensions of dissidents without following the due process law. The most notable and recent incident of this was the abduction of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Bessigye in Kenya. This is a scourge that must not be allowed to spread and become entrenched across the Continent. This needs to stop.
@_AfricanUnion
@achpr_cadhp
@SADC_News
@UNHumanRights
@cnni
@BBCAfrica
@nytimes
@guardian
@SABCNews
@HOT877Zambia
@diamondtvzambia
@phoenixfmzambia
O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
Killing Kafwaya was unZambian
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Zambia: By cancelling passports, authorities are using administrative powers to silence critics amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
This from the people that made a whole prejudicial documentary in multiple languages on the topic? 😂
GOVT DEMANDS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CORRECT ‘FACTUAL ERRORS’ ON ZAMBIA
By Victoria Kayeye Yambani
The Zambian Government has hit back at a statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, accusing the mandate holder of factual errors, prejudicial characterisations and overstepping the limits of the mandate.
Government says the Special Rapporteur’s description of recent developments as a “post-election crackdown” and opposition figures facing criminal proceedings as “political detainees” is unsubstantiated and prejudicial.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has also rejected the assertion that senior opposition figures are facing “concocted charges of treason”, arguing that such a conclusion risks prejudicing matters currently before the courts.
Government has further challenged the Special Rapporteur’s claim that treason is a capital offence in Zambia, pointing out that the country abolished the death penalty in 2022 and subsequently acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which seeks the abolition of the death penalty.
It says no offence in Zambian law currently carries the death penalty and, therefore, no person charged with treason faces execution.
Government has also contrasted the Special Rapporteur’s statement with the approach taken by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, who was present in Zambia and engaged directly with the parties during the events in question.
According to Government, the Special Envoy facilitated the handover of two leaders to the Church and later to security agencies on the basis of assurances that their fundamental rights would be respected through due process.
The Government further argues that the Special Rapporteur went beyond the specific mandate on freedom of peaceful assembly and association by making sweeping assertions regarding alleged electoral flaws, intimidation, assaults, abductions and deaths without, it says, sufficient independent verification.
It is now calling on the Special Rapporteur and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to publicly correct the reference to treason as a capital offence and to clearly distinguish between allegations and verified facts in future communications.
Government says Zambia remains committed to constitutional democracy, political pluralism, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, the rule of law and constructive cooperation with the United Nations human rights system.
#NewsOnTheGo
O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
Transferred to Mukubeko Maximum Prison on Treason Charges after exercising our democratic rights to contest for the Zambian Presidency in the 2026 General Election.
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Dear @EFFSouthAfrica
Zambian opposition leader @Mundubilebrian is arrested and charged with treason.
Former Transport Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya died with bullets in his body 2 weeks ago.
In 2026, we humbly ask for your voice on release Zambian Opposition as you did in 2017.
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Former Minister of Transport Mutotwe Kafwaya, at no point did you plan harm on anybody. You were just a happy soul who rose to serve a country you loved.
You died with bullets because of politics, you died with bullets because of an election. May your soul rest well Minister.
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#Zambia's election exposed institutional failures: inflated tallies, degraded tabulation, courts closed. This isn't just about who won. Accountability is needed now, plus stronger safeguards to protect future elections—for Zambia and the region.
democracyinafrica.org/zambia… @NixiiB
O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
When a state arrests an opposition leader inside a UN compound, democracy isn't backsliding… it's buried.
Zambia just buried it. And the region's silence is complicity.
My full op-ed, inspired by @daddyhope's unflinching observation. No euphemisms. Just truth.
african360news.com/un-zambia…
#Zambia #Elections #SouthernAfrica #Democracy #SADC #UN
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This is the moment Zambia’s opposition leader, Brian Mundubile, who has accused Zambian strongman Hakainde Hichilema of rigging the 13 August presidential election, was arrested by police alongside fellow opposition figure Makebi Zulu.
On Monday, Hichilema shut down the courts, preventing Mundubile from physically filing a petition challenging the disputed election result. His regime also killed a former Cabinet minister last week, just hours after the opposition protested the suspension of vote counting and the announcement of results.
Mundubile subsequently sought refuge at the United Nations compound in Lusaka, where he remained until his arrest today.
Hichilema told his rival to take his grievances to court, then shut down the courts, deployed soldiers to block access and arrested him. This is not democracy, it is authoritarianism.
This leaves South Africa, Botswana Lesotho, Malawi and Namibia as the only remaining democracies in mainland Southern Africa where elections are conducted freely and fairly and the will of the people is respected, and those aggrieved have access to courts.
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We have been detained in Police Custody in Lusaka and held on Treason charges after exercising our democratic rights to contest for the Zambian Presidency in the 2026 General Elections held 14 days ago.
O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
Deploying security forces outside all High Courts across Zambia just to prevent the opposition from petitioning an election is dictatorship.
Having a former minister die of bullets inside the home of your main opposition rival & arresting voices that speak out is dictatorship.
O-LEVEL MATH retweeted
A Zambian and indeed any Zambian citizen who has served his country at the highest political levels as Cabinet Minister must never have to die by bullets because of politics.
We continue to mourn you Former Minister of Transport Mutotwe Kafwaya. Zambia is praying for your soul.
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After stealing the election using his allies in the electoral commission and the military, Zambia's president, working with allies in the judiciary, has now ordered the indefinite closure of the courts, effective today. Zambia's constitution allows any person to challenge the election of a president-elect within seven days following the declaration of the results. The deadline for filing a petition is 25 August.
Last evening, Hichilema learnt that lawyers for his main rival Brian Mundubile had completed working on their petition and were ready to file it today. To prevent any person from challenging his election, Hichilema ordered the closure of the courts on unstated security concerns.
The army has since barricaded the High Court and Supreme Court premises and is sending everyone away. It is clear that Hichilema is determined to close all avenues for peaceful and legal resolution of election disputes.
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Zambia’s election was flawed and may need to be rerun l.theafricareport.com/vC9
