Monday
13th November 2023
ROHR
Zimbabwe condemns with utmost disdain the State Sponsored abduction and murder
of yet another activist in Zimbabwe, Pastor Tapfumanei Masaya, who was abducted
whilst campaigning for a CCC candidate in Mabvuku, Harare, by armed ZANU-PF and
Zimbabwean State functionaries on Saturday, 11th November 2023.
What
we now know to be his body was found at the intersection of Arcturus Road and Lobo Road in the Cleveland area
of Harare on Sunday, 12th November 2023, a day after his abduction.
We
call upon ZANU-PF and the government of Zimbabwe to stop sponsoring abductions,
enforced disappearances, murder, and persecution of citizens who hold
alternative views to those of ZANU-PF.
Zimbabwe's
constitution guarantees its citizens' and residents' rights and freedoms. These
include rights to freedom of speech, demonstrations, association, etc. The
State should uphold the rule of law and protect its citizens.
The
African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the United Nations’
Universal Declaration of Human Rights also guarantee such rights and freedoms.
We
call upon the President of ZANU-PF and Zimbabwe, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa,
to change his murderous ways and to lead his Government to start to respect the
rights of the citizens of Zimbabwe, uphold the rule of law and restore human
rights in Zimbabwe.
We
also call upon the SADC and AU to condemn ZANU-PF’s blatant waywardness and
call the Zimbabwean government to order regarding its apparent condoning of the
abductions and enforced disappearances by not bringing to book any of the
culprits of these heinous crimes over the years despite them being known.
We
also call upon the UN, EU, US, UK and the international community at large to
add their voices in the condemnation of ZANU-PF and the Government of Zimbabwe
for being the architects of abductions, enforced disappearances, murders and
general persecution of citizens who hold opposing views to those of the ruling
party in Zimbabwe.
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By Information
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