Zimbabwean MDC activists 'abducted and sexually assaulted'

Three badly injured and traumatised women found on roadside 60 miles from Harare

Zimbabwean opposition activists and a member of parliament have described torture, humiliation and repeated sexual assaults after being abducted by suspected state security services.

The three women, all leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change's youth movement, were arrested at a roadblock guarded by police and soldiers on Wednesday at a protest in Harare against the state's failure to provide for the poor during the country's Covid-19 lockdown.