Jestina Mukoko ( Zimbabwe Peace Project ) is in danger

Zimbabwean human rights defender Jestina Mukoko

has been abducted and her whereabouts are unknown.
This important new about the situation of Black woman
Leader for the Peace in Zimbabwe was reported by
HumanRightsFirst alerts:
e-mail: Defenders@HumanRightsFirst.org

 Eye witnesses report that early in the
morning on Wednesday,
December 3, approximately 15 unidentified
armed men in plainclothes surrounded Mukoko's home
(searched by 20 members of the police and military,
who examined computers and took photographs.)
While the search was described as peaceful.
Four of them broke into the house and took Mukoko,
driving away in a vehicle without
license plates. Mukoko is the director of the
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP),
a local human rights organization that monitors
and documents human rights violations. In a recent report,
ZPP documented continued incidents of murder,
rape, and kidnappings, despite a September 15 power-showering
agreement that was supposed to encourage peace and stability.
Zimbabwean human rights lawyers were reportedly unable to
locate Mukoko in any of the usual detention centers and on Thursday
requested a court order for the authorities to produce the activist.
Mukoko is in danger of torture and ill-treatment.
Take action now to urge the Zimbabwean authorities to disclose the
whereabouts of Jestina Mukoko,



guarantee her well-being, and ensure her immediate release,
as well as all others unjustly
imprisoned. Zimbabwean Authorities Must Produce Missing Activist
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