Enforced disappearance of Ms. Jestina Mukoko

December 4, 2008 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Zimbabwe. Brief description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum about the abduction and subsequent enforced disappearance of Ms. Jestina Mukoko, Director of the Zimbabwe (...) - Zimbabwe / Human Rights Defenders, Urgent Appeals

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Source: fidh.org

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