The Zimrights chair, Joel Hita was arrested for holding a meeting convening a sensitization meeting with Masvingo residents on their constitutional rights.
The people are being denied of information and this is also discouraging to other organisations who might have wanted to conduct similar workshops.
Joel Hita
Engage the relevant authorities to ensure that such restrictions stop with immediate effect as this will impact the national healing and the constitutional making processes.
Source by Zimrights, 1 April 2010.
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