๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐’๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ
Despite the unequivocal ban on torture under Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Zimbabwean government has brazenly defied international law and subjected our comrade, Cde Robson Chere, the national secretary general of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, to horrific acts of torture and abuse.
This heinous act represents an unnoticed eradication that has been occurring for years, one that the world has been unwilling to acknowledge. The government of Zimbabwe has a moral and legal obligation to protect its citizens, yet it has shamefully allowed its own people to perish by denying them access to basic care. This is a grave crime against humanity, a genocide by neglect that cannot be tolerated.
The torture methods used against Cde Chere are truly abhorrent – shaving his head with a knife, waterboarding, and assaulting him with metal rods. All of this was done in an attempt to force him to reveal the sources of funding for our organization. But we are not a terrorist group; we are an organization of educators who are being terrorized by those who are supposed to serve the people.
The government of Zimbabwe cannot maintain its grip on power by silencing progressive voices. This will only serve to exacerbate the unrest and instability in the country. The government is clearly afraid of its own citizens and their opinions, and it is resorting to horrific acts of violence to suppress dissent.
We demand an end to these blatant and unacceptable human rights violations. Torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment are unequivocally banned under international law, yet they continue to be used against those who dare to speak out and advocate for justice, freedom, and truth.
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