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==Arrests== | ==Arrests== | ||
Twenty-six people were eventually detained in connection with Zero Option, many of them senior members of UNIP including then party President [[Kebby Musokotwane]]. | Twenty-six people were eventually detained in connection with Zero Option, many of them senior members of UNIP including then party President [[Kebby Musokotwane]]. Others included [[Cuthbert Ng'uni]], [[Rupiah Banda]], [[Wezi Kaunda]], [[William Banda]], [[Bonnie Tembo]], [[Peter Lishika]], [[Christopher Muyoka]] and [[Henry Kamima]]. | ||
Releases started in early March and continued through April in an arbitrary fashion. On May 19, the Supreme Court found that, on the evidence it had been presented, the emergency regulations were not valid, but gave the government two days to present further evidence. Further releases followed though the final seven detainees including Wezi Kaunda and Cuthbert Nguni were finally charged with various offences against the security of the state. On May 25 Chiluba lifted the state of emergency. | Releases started in early March and continued through April in an arbitrary fashion. On May 19, the Supreme Court found that, on the evidence it had been presented, the emergency regulations were not valid, but gave the government two days to present further evidence. Further releases followed though the final seven detainees including Wezi Kaunda and Cuthbert Nguni were finally charged with various offences against the security of the state. On May 25 Chiluba lifted the state of emergency. | ||
