May 2003

Boy 18, Dies After Being Beaten By Police
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
AN Eighteen-year-old Livingstone boy has died after he was allegedly battered by two police officers from Libuyu Police Station in unclear circumstances.

Battered Livingstone Woman Battles For Life
By Madube Pasi Siyauya
A Livingstone woman is battling for her life in the Livingstone General Hospital after she was allegedly battered and sexually assaulted by some police officers.

Deceased Suspect's Relatives Blame Death On Police
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
RELATIVES of a 24-year old deceased man of Kalikiliki Compound in Lusaka have blamed his death on some Kalingalinga police post officers.

Give Me Back My Children, Cries Chibolya Woman
By Monica Kunda
A Woman of Lusaka's Chibolya Compound last month complained to the LRF News when she failed to get back her children whom she had entrusted with her sister and are now being kept at Kasisi orphanage.

Roadside Selling Costs Daughter and Nephew's Lives
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe
A Chipata man who lost his daughter and nephew in a fatal road traffic accident has appealed to the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) to help him get compensation from the motorist who bashed them.

Boy 20, Holed Up In Remand Prison
By Monica Kunda
A 20 - year - old boy has been in detention at Kamwala Remand Prison since last year because the Social Welfare Department is still investigating his case with a view to write a report as required by law.

Scribes Want A Test Of Time Constitution
By Monica Kunda
ZAMBIAN Journalists have called for the formulation of a Constitution that will last a test of time and not one tailored to the desires and wishes of the government of the day.

Orphans And Venerable Children Have Rights Too- ILO
By Monica Kunda
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Zambia has maintained that orphans and vulnerable children have rights too which should be respected by the society.

House Wife Pays Police For Hubby's Police Bond

By Delphine Hampande
SOME police officers from Central Police last month demanded K200, 000 from a Kaunda Square housewife before releasing her husband from police cells.

Delays To Release Ex- Prisoners Worries LRF
By Monica Kunda
THE Legal Resources Foundation in Lusaka is concerned over the increasing number of people who had finished serving their prison sentence but are still in detention.