Opposition MP Joana Mamombe is one of the three women who allege they were tortured by state agents
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Police in Zimbabwe have charged an opposition Member of Parliament and two activists with lying about being tortured in custody.
The three women - Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova - had been arrested and charged over their participation in a protest rally in May.
The women alleged that police had subjected at least one of them to serious sexual violence, and were admitted to hospital with various injuries.
A spokeswoman for Zimbabwe's opposition, Fadzai Mahere of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, said the three were re-arrested while visiting their lawyer to talk about that case.
They now face new charges of falsifying their previous ordeal.
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