Harare - Zimbabwean police and prison authorities have barred those awaiting trial in Chikurubi maximum security prison outside Harare from having food brought to them from outside.
A statement released to state broadcasting said the ban was with immediate effect and was imposed "for security reasons".
It was imposed a day after 70 suspected coup plotters, arrested at Harare International Airport last month, complained they had been beaten by guards.
The authorities did not deny the assault, but said they would investigate how a lawyer for the 70, alleged to have been on their way to Equatorial Guinea, was able to hear about the alleged incident within an hour of its occurrence.
Last week the 70 were also refused permission to see representatives of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who went to the prison to gather evidence of involvement of opposition leader Severo Moto, who is in exile in Spain.
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