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World Council Of Churches Condemns Zimbabwe's Crackdown On Human Rights Defenders

8 months agoSat, 03 Aug 2024 06:09:10 GMT
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World Council Of Churches Condemns Zimbabwe's Crackdown On Human Rights Defenders

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has strongly condemned the Zimbabwean government’s intensified crackdown on human rights defenders.

Several activists, including Robson Chere, the Secretary General of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Namatai Kwekweza, the leader of the WeLead Trust, Samuel Gwenzi, the Harare City Council’s Ward 5 councillor, and Vusumuzi Moyo, were recently abducted, tortured, and then released to the police.

During their incommunicado detention, which lasted at least 8 hours, Chere was allegedly subjected to severe torture. When he appeared in court on Friday, he seemed to be in severe pain.

In a statement issued on Friday, 02 August, WCC General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address these egregious violations that undermine Zimbabwe’s constitution and international human rights law.

Pillay called for the immediate release of the detained human rights activists. Reads the statement:

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It has been reported to the WCC that recently three civil society leaders were taken out of a plane at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, were severely tortured, and then released to the police the following day.

These arrests follow recent reports of clampdown and closure of civil society space in the context of the upcoming Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting starting in Harare on 17 August.

We reiterate the WCC’s commitment to the people of Zimbabwe that goes back to the WCC’s Programme to Combat Racism through which the WCC supported Zimbabwe’s liberation from colonialism. We stood with Zimbabweans in the past; we will stand with them today.

The WCC condemns in strongest terms all forms of torture and clampdown on civil society and calls on President Mnangagwa to address these violations that undermine the constitution of Zimbabwe and international human rights law and release the detained human rights activists.

The WCC seeks to amplify the recent statement by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches at its 47th General Assembly, regarding the “politically fragile and polarized political environment” and its call to the nation to recommit to “constitutionalism” and the rule of law.

The WCC urges the SADC to provide leadership in addressing outstanding governance grievances that threaten the instability of Zimbabwe and the region.

The WCC prays for peace, freedom of speech, and the upholding of human rights and dignity in Zimbabwe.

The ZANU PF government has launched a crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners and opposition activists, apparently out of fear that they may engage in protests during the 17 August 44th SADC Summit in Harare, potentially embarrassing the government.

This crackdown represents a troubling escalation of the Zimbabwean government’s suppression of dissent and civic freedoms ahead of a high-profile regional event.

By targeting pro-democracy voices, the ZANU PF administration seems intent on silencing criticism and maintaining a veneer of stability, even if it comes at the expense of fundamental human rights.

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18 Comments

Z · 8 months ago
KANA JESUS AKAROVA MBAVHA NEMAKORORO VAIVA MUTEMBERE.
Z · 8 months ago
ALL THOSE ARRESTED ARE TERRORISTS AND GVT HAS A DUTY TO PROTECT THE STATE.
Sweet Kings · 8 months ago
ED simply mean the best guys and this is real zvaada anoita muface muchingopopota
Chibaba · 8 months ago
Garwe anongoda iya yakatambwa Muamur Gaddafi since Gukurahundi he is killing people.
👀👀 · 8 months ago
endai ku Social media ku youtube neku fb chaiko,ana Herudhiti hamuvaone kana kuvanzwa,hauzvitataure kut ther's no crisis in Zim,
fugu pfeee · 8 months ago
zvangoratodza intelligence ye zanu pf kuti kumberi mberi, vakabatwa panonaka nehurongwa hwavo hwese madzakutsaku. zviri kuvarwadza
Mai Ro · 8 months ago
ticharamba takatsigira nekutevrra matanho akawanda ekuzvisunungura kubva ku zanupf. tinotenda vose varikubatira pamwe nevana veZimbabwe panguva yakadai..
shadows · 8 months ago
tibvirei apa. zvekunamata masiya Nani. udzai America vasiye zvekuda kuuraya Trump. kunyika dzese zviriko. Israel yanzwa nekuuraya vanhu imi muri zii. Kno mukada kuita dzungu tinokusvasvangai. be warned plz. garai mudzimba kusvika summit yapera. ukada kuita manyemwe unodashurwa
Zvomumvura · 8 months ago
instead of maintaining they are coursing havock why the abductions........hanzi kugocha kunoda kwamai kwedu vana kunomakisa paSummit............but pafeya
Unknown mass · 8 months ago
Ava varipa basa, strategic ambiguity ndiyo irikukuitisa vanhu hufuza kudaro, Avavava ava vangavagara vachitevererwa ne mapurisa SADC or not, ivo votora mukana uyu kubatanidza nezve violation of Human rights just to be evasive vo hwanda to conceal their pending interrogation with the police
Erudite · 8 months ago
WCC wawatai zvenyu plus kuwawata mahara. Erudite out.....
Hitler · 8 months ago
@Erudite, where do you stay ?
· 8 months ago
He's of no fixed abode. Street Father. Anogara pasi peBridge
Political Police · 8 months ago
Thank you WCC but as long as mukomana is not in the open Zanu will never know peace. Zanu must call for a ceasefire and everyone come on the table. THE ARRESTOR WILL BE ARRESTED!!!
Erudite · 8 months ago
Saka toita sei ? Erudite out......
JB · 8 months ago
ED 2028 tichikukuda please

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