Staff Reporter | Under arrest #Tajamuka activists, who include Promise Mkwnanzi and Lynda Masarira have been tortured inside the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Prison.
The activists are being treated like dangerous criminals at the centre where they are being held and subjected to various forms of excruciating torture.

The citizen reps will appear in court 13 September and 15 September 2016.
They have been charged with public violence and other charges to do malicious damage of property in terms of section 140 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Excruciating conditions designed for convicted criminals such as murderers and rapists are being used on the activists. They are for instance only allowed one visit in two weeks and have been made to wear prison garb.
Only one person can bring food for them each day.
The United Nations’ Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners state that “Prisoners shall be allowed under necessary supervision to communicate with their family and reputable friends at regular intervals, both by correspondence and by receiving visits”.
Calls have since been made to raise funds to feed the activists as they are faced with the horrors. Individual Zimbabweans have been chipping in but inside sources say this is not enough.
A member of the ZimEye community wrote explaining once again for instance the dire situation Lynda Masarira’s five children are in, as they are being separated at times and moved from home to home. “Meanwhile her kids are being moved about because she is a single mum with 5 kids. One of them is due to write O’levels, Apa mari ye school fees [is needed]” they said.
Zimbabwe’s prison conditions have even been condemned by the United Nations which cited that they do not meet international standards.
Among the group is a pregnant woman, an old lady above 70 and an old man above 70.
Many were limping into court and had not eaten since yesterday.
A comment from the Prison’s Services’ Information Department was not possible at the time of writing.