Prominent Zimbabwe human rights defender hunted down through the media

Headline Title: Zimbabwe human rights defender hunted down using media 08 March 2013 The alert issued by Zimbabwe police on state television implying that prominent human rights defender Jestina Mukoko was on the run from the law is a new low in the recent crackdown on dissent, Amnesty International said.On Thursday night, Zimbabwe state-owned television ran two announcements implying that Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was on the run and the announcements urged members of the public to call the police with any information about her whereabouts.Mukoko, who…

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