Torture continues

"Whenever I gave an answer that was not satisfactory, I was told to lie on
my stomach and I was given lashes,” Gwisai said. “ (It was)indescribable
pain. It is sadistic.”

He said his torturers tried to beat him into admitting that he had said
“Abasha Mugabe”, which is Portuguese for “down with Mugabe” and that he must
go.

Gwisai alleged that he was lashed 15 times and was finding it difficult to
sit and walk.

He told the court that even though Mugabe was an elected president, people
could still revolt against him.

“This is the reason why people went to war and died to ensure that people
govern.”

Among the people arrested on Saturday were HIV and Aids activists, some of
who are living positively with the disease