This refers to the state agents who
have been abducting opposition officials and civic leaders.
The group released an advisory statement which said in part: “We have it on
good record that the Central Intelligence Organisation would like to wipe
out leaders of the above mentioned organisations before the presidential
run-off scheduled for the 27th June, 2008.We urge all the political leaders
to take precautionary measures and avoid isolated places where they can be
easily ambushed by the notorious CIOs.”
The CCDZ also urged prominent lawyers in Harare and Bulawayo who have
handled MDC cases and journalists who have reported on the MDC, to exercise
extreme caution in the face of the many numbers of assassinations and
abductions.
Mfundo Mlilo from the Combined Harare Residents Association, who are working
with the CCDZ, said 4 of their members were abducted recently from Kuwadzana
high-density area of Harare. From that group 2 were released and the other 2
are still missing. The slain MDC activist Tonderai Ndira was also a CHRA
member for the Mabvuku district.
Mlilo said it is clear that the people of Zimbabwe no longer want ZANU-PF.
This is why the ruling party’s strategy is to eliminate political activists
who helped to mobilise people to vote against them in the elections. The
government is also doing it’s best to displace all those who were used as
election observers, to make it easier for them to rig the presidential run
off.
The groups that are believed to be major targets include the Crisis
Coalition, National Constitutional Assembly, Combined Harare Residents
Association, Zimbabwe Elections Support Network, Youth Forum, Zimbabwe
National Students Union, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, Zimrights, International
Socialist Organization, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Progressive
Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Restoration
of Human Rights and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
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