10th August 2024
CATALOGUE OF RECENT CASES OF ABDUCTIONS SINCE AUGUST 2023
1.
On 27 August 2023, Councillor Nelson Mukwenha was abducted from his home at
midnight and badly tortured and injected with an unknown substance.
2.
On 2 September 2023, Councillor Womberaishe Nhende was abducted, badly tortured
and injected with an unknown substance.
3.
On 24 October 2023, MP Hon. James Chidhakwa was abducted, badly tortured and
injected with an unknown substance.
4.
On 1 November 2023, MP Hon. Takudzwa Ngadziore was abducted, tortured and
injected with an unknown substance by armed men who were well-identified by
names and occupation as state agents.
4.
On 11 November 2023, activist pastor Tapfumanei Masaya was abducted, and on 12
November 2023, his brutally tortured body was found on the outskirts of Harare.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67419968
The modus operandi of the men identified in Hon. Ngadziore’s abduction is identical to the other abductions conducted by unidentified assailants.
CATALOGUE
OF RECENT NOTABLE CASES OF ARRESTS OF ACTIVISTS
1. Job Sikhala spent
595 days in pre-trial detention (June 2022 to 30 January 2024)
2. Jacob Ngarivhume
spent 8 months in prison (April – 12 December 2023)
CATALOGUE OF RECENT NOTABLE CASES OF ARRESTS OF ACTIVISTS IN THE LATEST CRACKDOWN, AHEAD OF THE SADC’S 44TH ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SCHEDULED FOR 17TH AUGUST 2024, AS OF 07/08/2024
|
The Avondale 78 |
including CCC interim party leader Jameson Timba |
Avondale -
Harare |
16/06/2024 |
|
5 Members |
The National Democratic Working Group |
Kuwadzana -
Harare |
29/06/2024 |
|
5 Members |
The Community Voices Zimbabwe media organisation |
Gokwe |
03/07/2024 |
|
44 ZINASU student activists |
Including Emmanuel Sitima at their annual conference |
Belvedere -
Harare |
24/07/2024 |
|
Namatai Kwekweza |
human rights activist, feminist, and constitutionalism
advocate |
Robert Mugabe
International Airport |
31/07/2024 |
|
Samuel Gwenzi |
Councillor – City of Harare |
Robert Mugabe
International Airport |
31/07/2024 |
|
Vusumuzi Moyo |
Artist, Sound Engineer and activist |
Robert Mugabe
International Airport |
31/07/2024 |
|
Robert Chere |
Secretary General of Amalgamated Rural Teachers
Union of Zimbabwe - ARTUZ |
Robert Mugabe
International Airport. |
31/07/2024 |
|
Bruce Moyo |
Councillor – Bulawayo City |
Bulawayo |
01/08/2024 |
|
Emmanuel Sitima |
President of the Zimbabwe National Students Union - ZINASU |
Robert Mugabe
International Airport. |
02/08/2024 |
|
Kelvin Gonde and 11 other activists |
Transform Zimbabwe activists |
Mutare |
02/08/2024 |
|
Bishop Kevin Nyamakanga |
The Zimbabwe Intercessors Movement. |
Harare |
02/08/2024 |
|
Jacob Ngarivhume |
Transform Zimbabwe leader |
Mutare |
02/08/2024 |
|
John Houghton and 12 other activists |
MP for Kariba (CCC) |
Kariba |
02/08/2024 |
|
Brian Nyoni |
CCC activist |
Hwange |
03/08/2024 |
|
Tineyi Munetsi |
CCC activist |
Hwange |
03/08/2024 |
We also note with concern the deployment of army tanks and personnel in Chitungwiza and some parts of Harare in the week commencing 5th August 2024.
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