Terrence Mawawa

MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti has sensationally alleged that agents
working for the coalition were sexually abused by soldiers after refusing to sign new V11 forms.

Speaking in court, Biti said said female MDC Alliance election agents were sexually abused by soldiers as a way of punishing them for refusing to sign new V 11 forms.

” I felt that the regime – which had had just seven months in office had
escalated the abuses. There was
massive onslaught on our election
agents. In Buhera, a woman was raped after refusing to sign a V11
form. We also received reports of
onslaughts on our people being
sodomised and raped across the
country specifically in Mutoko, but
nothing has been done by law
enforcement agents in those respects.

I have been a rights lawyer and activist since 1999 and over the years, arrested on countless
occasions. My house has been
bombed twice but this time the levels
of attack are unprecedented,” said Biti.

Zimbabwe Defence Forces did not comment on the allegations. Biti is facing up to 10 years in jail if he is convicted of unlawfully announcing results of the July 30 polls election and inciting  public violence.