Opposition welcomes calls for ICC inquiry into post-election violence

Zambia’s main opposition party, the United Party for National Development (UPND), has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to send a team to the Southern African country to investigate ongoing post-election violence. The party took the action after UPND leaders, including presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema and his vice presidential candidate Geoffrey Mwamba, were accused […]

Zambia’s main opposition party, the United Party for National Development (UPND), has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to send a team to the Southern African country to investigate ongoing post-election violence.
The party took the action after UPND leaders, including presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema and his vice presidential candidate Geoffrey Mwamba, were accused of several human rights violations after the August 11 general election and referendum.
The Zambian-based law firm Lewis Nathan Advocates contacted the office of the prosecutor at the ICC, accusing the two UPND leaders of failing to stop their supporters from attacking partisans of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party across the country, mainly in the opposition party’s strongholds.