A United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Assembly and Association has advised Zambian authorities to release all political detainees and restore democratic accountability. In response to this, the government has accused the said Special Rapporteur of having a flawed understanding of the issues going on in Zambia. This accusation and disagreement comes at such an appropriate time when we actually had penned together our thoughts about how the UPND government may end up unwittingly turning their treason suspect into a martyr. On Tuesday, as the President took the podium to officially launch a new chapter for his administration,we implored him to acknowledge the wrongs and mistakes that have occurred in the past three weeks and that...