ZHRC urged to pressure govt to release political prisoners

A HUMAN rights watchdog has urged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) and regional bodies to put pressure on the government to release political prisoners.

Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said the arrests further taint the country’s questionable human rights record.

ZPP, in its latest statement, cites the arrest of clerics, Evan Mawarire and Patrick Mugadza, arguing the two are “prisoners of conscience”, whose crime is to express their political opinions and must be unconditionally released.

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