10th August 2024
CATALOGUE OF RECENT CASES OF ABDUCTIONS SINCE AUGUST 2023
- On 27 August 2023, Councillor Nelson Mukwenha was abducted from his home at midnight and badly tortured and injected with an unknown substance.
- On 2 September 2023, Councillor Womberaishe Nhende was abducted, badly tortured and injected with an unknown substance.
- On 24 October 2023, MP Hon. James Chidhakwa was abducted, badly tortured and injected with an unknown substance.
- 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.
- 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
- Job Sikhala spent 595 days in pre-trial detention (June 2022 to 30 January 2024)
- 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
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, approximately 160 people have been arrested and tortured, including opposition political party members, activists and human rights defenders.
| 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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