Mukoko & Mudzingwa held in Kariba

Mukoko & Mudzingwa held in Kariba

Prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist, Jestina Mukoko and two senior
MDC officials are being held in a remote location in Kariba and ZANU PF
plans to use them as ransom to force the MDC to enter into an all inclusive
government, a source tellsMetro.
"They are still alive,at least for now", the source said, but refused to
reveal the exact location where the captives are kept but told us that its a
remote location in the Kariba area where the government also keeps anyone
suspected of espionage,working for the CIA or M16.

The plan according to a source is that Mugabe's regime wants Tsvangirai to
be back in Zimbabwe and be sworn in as Prime Minister as they are fears that
he is making a lot of progress outside of Zimbabwe.The regime desperately
wants the MDC to be part of government as they feel they can contain that
than the changing wave of opinion and leadership in the SADC region.

"You will notice the abductions started when Tsvangirai left the
country,that is why he will never get a passport as long as he does not
become Prime Minister, right now they will do anything to make him come back
including making it uncomfortable for any country in the SADC to keep him,
any country which keeps him will be accused of working with west to topple
the government", revealed the source.

The recent abductions of MDC officials are calculated to cut the flow of
information from Tsvangirai to MDC personnel so as to frustrate him and
force him to return. State agents are reportedly interested in abducting one
Chris Mbanga.

ZANU PF 's plan also includes limiting the dissemination of information to
SADC, as they feel this is weakening their hand.

"They are really worried about what countries in SADC are getting from the
media,they do not care about the west that much. You will notice in the next
few weeks an effort to muzzle anyone suspected to providing information and
reporting for the international media, that is why Mukoko was seized-to warn
others."

Jestina Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP),disappeared in
the past six weeks and was seized when the government learnt that leaders in
SADC were relying on her organisation's reports for information on human
rights abuses.

Within days, other abductions were carried out by groups of between six and
nine armed men in civilian clothes using unmarked vehicles without number
plates. On 7 Brodrick Takawira and Pascal Gonzo, both of the ZPP, were
abducted. Earlier Chris Dlamini the MDC Director for Security was seized
then on 10 December, Gandhi Mudzingwa, former Presidential Director for
Morgan Tsvangirai, was kidnapped just outside Harare.

Mukoko's organisation the ZPP, is funded by the Dutch and Canadian
governments, is one of the most respected groups in Zimbabwean civil
society. Its reports have been used in confidential diplomatic briefing
documents.

One of the greatest fears of Mugabe and those involved in this year's
election-related violence is that the UN Security Council will call for an
International Criminal Court investigation, as it did over Sudanese
President Omar el-Bashir's involvement in the Darfur killings.