By A Correspondent- Jailed MDC Alliance spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, has told the court that the regime is deliberately exposing opposition members to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Mahere revealed that she has been subjected to degrading treatment while in custody and potentially exposed to Covid-19.

“There were no temperature checks or sanitisers at the police entrance.

No social distancing is observed in the waiting area or holding cells. No masks are available in the cells and cellmates had old masks.

The toilet was a pit latrine surrounded by a puddle of urine. There is no separation between the beds and toilet walls as well as privacy during menstruation.

A pungent smell exists because of lack of aeration. The cell blocks are small and seven inmates were crowded in each room. You have to walk barefooted and women take off their undergarments,” Mahere complained through her lawyer, David Drury.