Where is jestina mukoko

She is an experienced human rights and peace practitioner with exceptional skills in human rights monitoring, documentation and mediation. She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in In she participated in the V edition of the Leadership Forum the Women for Africa organizes in collaboration with Yale University.

The pandemic that has wreaked havoc and affected people globally has been detected in Zimbabwe since March and the first death to the virus on March Zimbabwe continues to record cases and recoveries.

Zimbabwe has been on 21day lockdown since March 30 subsequently two 14 day extensions. The corona virus exposed serious health inadequacies. With multi sectoral assistance health facilities have been revamped to respond to the pandemic. Of concern however, is non-coherence and lack of coordination, compounded by politicians taking centre stage rather than technocrats in the medical field.

Politicians have taken advantage of the situation for their next election campaigns. Buckets containing disinfectants against the virus have been emblazoned with faces of politicians. Easing lockdown restrictions, the government has abdicated its responsibility of testing, handing over the responsibility to private companies. According to Amnesty International , about a dozen people dressed in plain clothes who told her family they were police officers took her away, not leaving her a moment to get dressed, or find her eye glasses or the medication she must take three times a day.

Since then her family has not been able to locate her through the police, who have denied they are holding her. The Observatory was further informed that during the first ten days of her detention, Ms. Mukoko was not allowed to take medication for an allergic condition, and was prescribed medication for anxiety and insomnia by an army doctor who had facilitated acts of torture against her. On March 2, , Ms. Actions requested: Please write to the authorities of Zimbabwe asking them to: i.

Guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Ms. Jestina Mukoko and all human rights defenders in Zimbabwe;. Put an end to all acts of harassment, including at the judicial level, against all human rights defenders in Zimbabwe, and ensure that they are able to carry out their activities without hindrance;. Ensure in all circumstances the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international human rights instruments ratified by Zimbabwe.

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