Zambia: Activist Arrested After Picketing Parliament

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Despite repeated promises, the Zambian government is clearly in no hurry to enact a new constitution - but very quick to put constitutional activists behind bars.

On Wednesday, MacDonald Chipenzi, who is the Executive Director of Zambia's Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) and one of the leaders of a civil society coalition calling for a new constitution, was arrested by the police.

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