By CHILA NAMAIKO –
SOME non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called for thorough police investigations in a case where a teenager, was last week found tied to a tree in the bush.
Police suspect the 14-year-old boy was tied to a tree near Magoye stream in Tandabale area in Mazabuka by his relatives.
He was discovered by a passerby, Holy Kalonga, around 11:00 hours on Wednesday, with both hands bound.
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Southern Province coordinator, Oscar Nyaiwa said the organisation was saddened that some people had courage to tie a fellow human being to a tree and leave them for dead.
Mr Nyaiwa condemned the action and said such behaviour was barbaric.
“It was not right to demean other people’s human rights regardless of their status in society because it was inhumane.
“As YMCA, we are saddened by this incident, we need to respect each other as human beings regardless of somebody’s status, we are one and we belong together,” he said.
Mr Nyaiwa called on police to arrest the people who could have abandoned the child, who is currently under the care of the Social Welfare Department

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Media Network on Child Rights and Development executive director Henry Kabwe said parents should respect their children’s rights and that abandoning a child in the bush was wrong.
“As parents or guardians, we have a responsibility to look after our children and respect their rights, they need our love for them to grow well,” he said.
Mr Kabwe said children could not grow responsibly if they were tortured in their minds.
And the  Non-Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) is saddened with the rape and gruesome murder of a pregnant woman of Katete in Eastern Province.
NGOCC executive director Engwase Mwale said yesterday that the murder of Eneless Sakala 29, last Sunday by unknown people, was barbaric and unacceptable in a country that proclaimed Christianity.
“At eight months the baby was fully developed and therefore these criminals terminated the life of an innocent soul,” she said.
She called upon the police to immediately institute investigations and bring the perpetrators to book.
Ms Mwale said there was need for society to improve the safety of women and children.
“There should be justice for the family of the woman and for all the women and girls in the country whose rights are violated. Violence against women is not a women’s issue, it’s a human rights issue,” she
said.
She said the murder of a defenceless pregnant woman was intolerable.
Government should ensure that all citizens were protected against such act.
The organisation also condemned the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl of Magazine Township in Chipata by a police officer.
She said as an organisation, it had taken interest in the rape case especially that a police officer, who was supposed to protect citizens, was involved.