By Moses Muchemwa
The 11 MDC supporters who were abducted by state security agents are still missing despite frantic efforts to locate them.
The party said efforts by relatives and lawyers could not yield positive results as the whereabouts of the abducted activists remain unknown.
The missing opposition members were abducted in December last year by gunmen.
According to the MDC’s information and publicity office, the 11 were part of over 40 MDC activists including a two year old child who were abducted by armed gunmen across the country since 29 October 2008.
”The other activists have since been brought to court on trumped up charges of training in banditry and bombing state buildings. Those brought to court have since told the courts that they were severely tortured while in illegal custody in order for them to confess to these false allegations. Other three employees of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) including its director, Jestina Mukoko and a freelance journalist are facing similar charges and are in remand prison, said the MDC.
The MDC named the missing members: Llyod Tarumbwa, Terry Musona, Fanwell Tembo, Larry Gaka and Gwenzi Kahiya.
The others are; Charles Muza, Ephraim Mabeka and Edmore Vangirayi who were abducted on 10 December 2008 in Gokwe, Midlands province, while Graham Matehwa was abducted on 17 December 2008 in Makoni South, Manicaland province and Peter Munyanyi in Gutu South in Masvingo province on 13 December 2008.
The MDC expressed deep concern over abductions of its members. The party has since sought the support of the SADC, AU and the United Nations to have the incarcerated members released.
The country’s main opposition warned that the abductions of its members and civic society activists, threatened the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed by the three major political parties on 15 September 2008.
Mugabe needs to be taken out back and beaten like he has done to half his country. It sickens me and the rest of the world that a Communist Dictator such as this is left in office to kill his own people and run his country into the worst inflation in history and the biggest joke in the entire world.
ReplyDeleteThis country was beautiful, healthy and civilized. It is now resigned to being the biggest mockery in the world and the worst economy in recent history.