Robert Kamanga of ROHR Zimbabwe calls for the release of abducted Moreblessing Ali

Saturday 4^th June 2022 

By Shangoni WaHamisi

As part of ROHR Zimbabwe’s campaign dubbed #BringbackMoreblessingAli, on Satrurday 4^th June 2022, Robert Kamanga, the Treasurer of the Midlands Branch of the UK Chapter of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe, via this video , is calling for the release of Moreblessing Ali, a Zimbabwean political activist who was abducted by ZANU-PF members in the Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza on 24^th May 2022 and has never been seen since then, as at 4th June 2022. Robert Kamanga also says “ZANU-PF must go” because of the persecution of citizens who hold different political opinions from those of ZANU-PF.

This case is one of the latest in a fresh wave of State sponsored abductions and attempted abductions.

This case is one of the latest in a fresh wave of State sponsored abductions and attempted abductions.

In a case of attempted abduction only a few days ago on Friday 27^th May 2022there was an attempt to abduct Mduduzi Mathuthu, the Editor of ZimLive.com. He was lucky to have been away from home when  five men purporting to be Policemen, driving in an unmarked car, without registration number plates turned up looking for him.

The Zimbabwe government has got a history of state sponsored abductions, persecution, forced disappearances and murder of its critics, especially political and human rights activists as well as journalists. 

Most notable of these was the case of Paul Chizuze, a human rights activist who was abducted on 8^th February 2012 and Itai Dzamara, a journalist and pro-democracy activist who was abducted on 9^th March 2015. Both men have never been found since.

By Shangoni WaHamisi

About the author

Shangoni WaHamisi  is the pen name for Panyika Karimanzira a.k.a. Mandulo Pasichigare, a United Kingdom based Zimbabwean human rights activist who is a Board Member and Spokesperson for Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe. Mandulo Pasichigare can be contacted via email Shangoni.WaHamisi@yahoo.co.uk