THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it is deeply saddened by the continued abuse of the Public Order Act under the new dawn government. Reacting to the recent incident in which police prevented the Patriotic Front from holding a rally on August 26, in a statement yesterday, LAZ president Lungisani Zulu said the association had hoped the UPND government would correct the past abuse of the police service to curtail constitutionally protected freedoms. “The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) is deeply saddened by the continued abuse of the provisions of the Public Order Act, resulting in the stifling of the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental human rights of association, assembly and expression under the new dawn government (‘the government’). With the...