CHAPTER One Foundation (COF) says prolonged detention cannot be used as punishment or as a means of intimidation.before trial. Meanwhile, the organisation says the re-introduction of deputy ministers should not be entertained. On Friday, the Lusaka High Court ordered the immediate release 43 individuals, and directed the State to meet the costs of the case, following their prolonged detention. Responding to a News Diggers! query, Saturday, COF Executive Director Josiah Kalala said the ruling sends an important message that prolonged detention cannot escape judicial scrutiny. “Judicial intervention of this kind is indispensable where the coercive powers of the State are exercised in a manner that threatens constitutionally protected liberties, and the decision sends an important message that prolonged detention cannot...