Judge orders hospital probe into 'torture' of Zimbabwean activist

A Zimbabwean human rights activist missing for three weeks was taken to court accused, according to state media, of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.

Judge orders hospital probe into 'torture' of Zimbabwean activist

A Zimbabwean human rights activist missing for three weeks was taken to court accused, according to state media, of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.

Last night, a judge ordered that Jestina Mukoko and six other activists be sent to a hospital under police guard so that allegations of torture could be investigated, a human rights lawyer said.

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