Peter Hain calls for new sanctions on Zimbabwe

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Former British Cabinet Minister and leading anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has demanded the extending of sanctions against key Zimbabwe ministers and security chiefs over what he labelled “escalating human rights violations in Zimbabwe

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"Opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume was arrested and youth leader Takunda Madzana abducted and tortured by state security agents on July 26. As well as rampant corruption, there is a pattern of ongoing human rights violations under cover of the Covid-19 crackdown. Can the Government update its sanctions to cover more Zimbabwe Ministers and security chiefs?”

On Monday night MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Executive Member from Bulawayo Takunda Madzana was taken from his home and brutally tortured by suspected state agents. Assailants gruesomely fractured his body parts before dumping him in a bush.

 

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