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JOHANNESBURG — Jestina Mukoko, a prominent human-rights campaigner in Zimbabwe who was abducted at dawn three months ago by state security agents, was freed on bail Monday, along with four other activists, after President Robert Mugabe authorized their release, the detainees’ lawyers said.
The releases constitute an important victory for the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, the country’s new prime minister, who has publicly pressed Mugabe to let them go.
Mukoko was held for weeks in secret locations. She testified that she was beaten on the soles of her feet and forced to kneel on gravel during interrogations intended to force her to confess to recruiting youths for military training in Botswana.
