Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Dewa Mavhinga

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Dewa Mavhinga © 2021 Human Rights Watch (Johannesburg) – Human Rights Watch is heartbroken to report the sudden death of Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa director at Human Rights Watch and beloved colleague to many activists across the human rights movement. Mavhinga was known not just for his passion, commitment, and leadership on human rights but above all for his great heart, his kindness, and solidarity with others. “Dewa was a deeply empathetic and highly effective human rights activist whose work made many people’s lives better, whether it was pushing the Zimbabwe…

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