Another victim of DIS Torture Speaks Out
Friday, October 23, 2009
In a police statement deposed at the Gaborone Central Police Station, 32-year old Oganne Ntsima Kolane says about four DIS agents fetched him from his home and ferried him to DIS headquarters at former Radio Botswana premises on Khama Crescent, near State House.
"They demanded that I tell them where (a certain) Michael Mogome was," Kolane says. "I then told them that I last saw Mogome in February."Kolane said upon arrival at DIS headquarters, one of the four officers introduced him to three others in the office saying: "Ke yo monna yo o fitlhileng Michael Mogome (Here is the man who is hiding Michael Mogome)."
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...