Tsvangirai, yang memimpin Gerakan untuk Perubahan Demokrasi (MDC), partai oposisi terbesar di Zimbabwe, dan lawan Presiden Robert Mugabe lainnya mengatakan, bahwa mereka  disiksa oleh polisi setelah ditahan Ahad karena menggelar rapat anti pemerintah.
Tsvangirai, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Zimbabwe's main opposition party, and other opponents of President Robert Mugabe said they were beaten by police after being arrested on Sunday during an anti-government prayer rally.