Zimbabwe Is Doing The Opposite Of What UN Recommended On MDC Trio – US Embassy Harare

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The United States Embassy in Harare has said Zimbabwe is doing the opposite of what United Nations experts recommended with regards to the handling of the case of three MDC Alliance officials – Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova.

The statement is issued when the court on Monday denied bail for the trio and remanded them in custody to 26 June.

Posting on Twitter, the US Embassy said:

UN experts said Zim’s “Targeting peaceful dissidents…is a serious violation of human rights law” and recommended “The charges against the three women should be dropped.” Instead, 3 victims of abduction, torture, and sexual violence are jailed while their captors remain free.

The trio was arrested on the 13th of May 2020 during a flash hunger protest in Warren Park. They allege that they were abducted from police custody and were tortured and sexually assaulted the whole night before being dumped in Bindura.

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