ZIM002
Incidente- Fecha del incidente
- 30 de jul. de 2020
- País
- Zimbabwe
- Ubicación geográfica del incidente
Latitud: -20.095748869865616
Longitud: 28.580499762377677
- Ubicación geográfica del incidente
- Tipo de ubicación del incidente
- Public space
- Descripción del incidente
Student abducted from a car in a parking lot in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The student was tortured for three days before he was released.
- Supuesto motivo del incidente
A number of activists and opposition members were threatned, arrested or abducted in the run up to a planned anti-government protest 31st July. The assumed motive of the abduction is to create a chilling effect on outspoken members and sectors of society and their family members. A secondary assumed motive is intelligence purposes.
- Tipo de violaciones
- Asesinatos, violencia y desaparición: Forced disappearance
- Asesinatos, violencia y desaparición: Torture or ill-treatment
- ¿Violación relacionada al activismo estudiantil?
- No
- Enlace descriptivo con el activismo estudiantil
The victim is a second year journalist student at Midland State University.
- Descripción de la intervención legal
ZLHR is representing the student in court. A verdict were made on 1st August 2020, where the courts demanded that the police produced the victim to appear before the courts and being released.
- Incidente reportado en los medios
- Yes
- Descripción de la cobertura e impacto en los medios
https://web.archive.org/web/20200827140719/https://www.zimlive.com/2020/08/27/i-felt-the-gun-on-the-back-of-my-head-i-had-made-peace-with-death/
- Estatus
- Verified