Caritas Zambia Statement on Detention of 8-year old Lusaka Boy

Caritas Zambia Statement on Detention of 8-year old Lusaka Boy

Caritas Zambia Statement on Detention of 8-year old Lusaka Boy

PRESS RELEASE - 14th JULY, 2023

Caritas Zambia has learnt about the arrest of the 8-year-old boy of Matero East Township in Lusaka with dismay. It is so disheartening to see such things happening in this age and time when the country has so many laws that have been enacted to support the protection, promotion and fulfilment of children’s rights and wellbeing. Among these laws include; the Penal Code (Amendment) of 2022, the Children’s Code Act of 2022.

Download the entire Caritas Zambia Statement on Detention of 8-year old Lusaka Boy here: https://caritaszambia.org/phocadownload/general/Caritas-Zambia-Statement-on-Detention-of-8-year-old-Lusaka-Boy.pdf

About Caritas Zambia

Caritas Zambia is a Catholic Organisation that is an integral structure of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). The Conference of Bishops is a permanent grouping of Bishops of a given nation or territory that jointly exercises certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of their territory. This is done for the sake of effective evangelisation. To promote the principle of the common good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of the time and place, is the role of Bishops.