Members of Action Against Impunity (API) claim that some Malawi Congress Party members were behind the abduction of civil rights activist, Slyvester Namiwa.
One of the members, Wells Khama, says Namiwa survived the attack with six scratches; two cuts on the right leg, two cuts from teeth bite on the right hand, two cuts on the outer throat, one cut on the neck, one cut on the left elbow, a stiff neck and a dislocated left knee.
The group is addresing the press press in Lilongwe where Namiwa is in attendance and showing reporters some of the bruises he claims to have suffered.