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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Morgan Tsvangirai, the most serious political threat to Zimbabwe's longtime president, pursued a strategy of low-profile civil disobedience until this week, when he appeared at a banned opposition meeting.
Supporters said police beat and tortured him during and after his arrest for attending Sunday's gathering, badly injuring the founder of the Movement for Democratic Change. Police took the 54-year-old Tsvangirai from a courtroom to a hospital, and doctors reported Wednesday that they suspect he suffered a skull fracture and internal bleeding.
Tsvangirai told the British Broadcasting Corp. from his hospital bed that police beat him on the head, that he suffered blows to the knees and back, and that his arm was broken. He said he "lost a lot of blood" and received a transfusion.
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