{"id":97161,"date":"2024-08-01T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:20:06","slug":"4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured","title":{"rendered":"4 Zim pro-democracy activists \u2018tortured\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>THE four local pro- democracy activists who were reportedly pulled off a Victoria Falls-bound plane at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Wednesday, were tortured following their abduction, NewsDay has learnt.<\/p>\n<p>These are Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere, Samuel Gwenzi and Vusumuzi Moyo.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent lawyer and director of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Roselyn Hanzi has confirmed the development on her X handle, saying she has been in contact with Kwekweza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter talking to Namatai Kwekweza, I just want to restate that torture is part of customary international law. It is a crime under international law,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerpetrators of torture should be weary of traveling beyond Zimbabwe\u2019s borders. There is universal jurisdiction for torture. All the four were tortured Robson Chere (severely), @cdegwenzi &amp; Vusumuzi Moyo. @ZLHRLawyers hoping they appear at court today,\u201d Hanzi posted on her verified account.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has triggered widespread condemnation with human rights defenders accusing the State of clamping down on activists and opposition members ahead of the SADC summit set for this month in Harare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. THE four local pro- democracy activists who were reportedly pulled off a Victoria Falls-bound plane at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Wednesday, were tortured following their abduction, NewsDay has learnt. These are Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere, Samuel Gwenzi and Vusumuzi Moyo. Prominent lawyer and director of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-97161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4 Zim pro-democracy activists \u2018tortured\u2019 - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE four local pro- democracy activists who were reportedly pulled off a Victoria Falls-bound plane at the Robert Gabrie ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Zim pro-democracy activists \u2018tortured\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE four local pro- democracy activists who were reportedly pulled off a Victoria Falls-bound plane at the Robert Gabrie ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-01T08:08:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-01T10:20:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1722494671.97843.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"441\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"4 Zim pro-democracy activists \u2018tortured\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-01T08:08:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-01T10:20:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1722494671.97843.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/4-zim-pro-democracy-activists-tortured\",\"name\":\"4 Zim pro-democracy activists \u2018tortured\u2019 - 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