The three taken in for for questioning are Reverend Stephen Maengamhuru, the group’s Regional Coordinator, his assistant Cecelia Marovha and Victor Dhliwayo. They were picked up after a police raid on the ZimRights’ Mutare offices.
According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) the three were targeted over promotional materials that they were in possession of and intending to use at a workshop planned for Honde Valley. A vehicle used during such workshops was also impounded.
The group was eventually released later in the day and no charges were laid against them.
The incident comes as the constitutionally required voter registration exercise that was meant get underway on Monday was delayed, allegedly because of “funding challenges.”
According to the NewsDay newspaper, the exercise will now kick off on Thursday.
Quoting sources at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the newspaper reported that the process of training voter educators, who will be deployed to the relevant wards, was in progress. ZEC plans on deploying two voter educators to each of Zimbabwe’s 1,958 wards.
“Training was conducted on June 1 and 2, and today (yesterday). It is being done in the provinces and tomorrow (today) and training will be conducted in the districts,” the source was quoted by NewsDay as saying.
“The educators will be deployed by Wednesday (tomorrow) and should start educating on Thursday.” – SW Radio Africa News
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