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Human Rights Defender Tatenda Mombeyarara Reportedly Abducted & Tortured

4 years agoWed, 14 Aug 2019 04:35:58 GMT
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Human Rights Defender Tatenda Mombeyarara Reportedly Abducted & Tortured

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have claimed that a human rights defender, Tatenda Mombeyarara was abducted by six heavily armed unidentified men from his home early this morning.

ZLHR also said that Mombeyarara who is also the coordinator for Citizens’ Manifesto was tortured and questioned about Maldives training. Posting on Twitter, ZHLR said:

Its with great sadness & regret that @ZLHRLawyers confirms the abduction and severe assault, torture by 6 heavily armed unidentified men from his home early this morning. During the assault/torture they interrogated him about Maldives training.@SAHRDNetwork @ZimHRNGOForum

The incident was confirmed by Briggs Bomba, Program Officer at Trust Africa who posted on Facebook and said:

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Tatenda Mombeyarara, a coordinator for Citizens’ Manifesto was abducted from his house this evening by unknown men who placed a bag over his head, bundled him into a car and brutally assaulted him before leaving him for dead at a quarry near Hatfield. He was severely beaten using a metal object and the butt of a gun and had a caustic liquid poured on his body. He is in severe pain and currently admitted in hospital. During the beatings the men accused him of being involved in the organizing of the August 16 protests and threatened to “deal with you all”. This is a new low in attacks against civic activists that must be firmly condemned.

Commentators have described the incident as a violation of human rights whilst some argued that the abduction was staged to effect regime change.

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