#FreePoliticalPrisoners SADC Secretariat The Presidency 🇿🇦 President of Zimbabwe

#FreeNamataiKwekweza #FreeRobsonChere #FreeSamuelGwenzi #FreeVusumuziMoyo

This is horrific

So horrible!

This just triggered some buried traumatic memories in my heart 😭😭💔💔💔. I remember being solitary confined and told " no one knows where you are, you are at our mercy and you left your rights at the gate" You're safe until they come for you. #Zimbabwe

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Hmm lost for words

I’m hearing disturbing news about an escalation in a systematic crackdown on the rights of freedom of peaceful Assembly in #Zimbabwe, which includes arbitrary arrest, pre-trial incarceration, and torture to Human Rights Defenders when trying to participate in peaceful assemblies,

Torture is never a response for citizens, activists, HHRR defenders’ action. The right to participate in open debates, including international conferences, is closely interlinked with the rights of peaceful assembly and of association. #Zimbabwe

All human rights defenders must be released, immediate medical care must be provided for victims of torture, and accountability must be guaranteed. #Zimbabwe

A truly horrifying ordeal faced by Namatai and other Human Rights Defenders in Zimbabwe 💔

A nerve wrecking ordeal of state sponsored torture at the Robert Mugabe Airport against innocent citizens by African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders The torturers, with a chilling disregard for humanity, recorded the torture with their mobile phones. This ordeal lasted for hours at the airport. She

Zimbabweans must not use an amount of force to settle differences,torture and intimidation.we must be a civilised community that feels for one another

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The call for applications to cover the African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders Africa WHRD Convention 2024 (AWHRDC) AFRICA WHRD CONVENTION as a blogger is now closed. We received an overwhelming response from passionate individuals across the continent, and

The African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders sends a hearty Congratulations to South Africa’s first woman Chief Justice, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya who commences her term this month! #SafeguardingWHRDs #WomenDefenders #Congratulations

BREAKING: Bail granted for Namatai Kwekweza🇿🇼 , Councilor Samuel Gwenzi & Robson Chere on these conditions: 1. To deposit US$150 equivalent in Zig 2. ⁠To report every last Friday of month 3. ⁠Not to interfere with state witnesses 4. ⁠To reside at given addresses Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs Roselyn Hanzi