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Zimbabwe: International Organizations Call for End to Abductions of Activists
10 Dec 2008 04:55:38 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
<p>(Johannesburg) - With four human rights defenders having been abducted in less than one week by people suspected of working on behalf of the Zimbabwean authorities, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute called today for an immediate halt to abductions and for the abductees to be freed immediately.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/12/09/zimbabwe-international-organizations-call-end-abductions-activists">read more</a></p>


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