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]]>The trade unionist was visiting a friend when he says four men approached him and tried to force him into an IST white Toyota vehicle. Unfortunately, he says he was unable to see the car’s number plates as its back lights were off.
Chere claims he managed to escape when his hysterical cries were heard by a security guard, storekeeper and some locals. He had this to say:
“I then went to a friend’s place where i slept in the bathroom fearing that the state agents were still pursuing my whereabouts and would return to abduct me.
In the afternoon I reported the matter to the police, whose RB case number I’m yet to be given”
This alleged occurrence was, according to Chere, not the first of its kind. He told the media that he had been “abducted several times before” by means of the same “modus operandi.”
A famous classic by Euripides, The Phoenician Women, has a quote that goes,
“This is slavery, not to speak one’s thoughts”
Should the alleged occurrence and all other similar ones be true, would the above quote not allude perfectly to the meaning of “freedom of expression and speech” in the context of Zimbabwe.
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]]>“What unfolded at State House when I was briefly detained by CIOs:
“Journalists had been called back to cover the closing session of the meeting between ED/Govt and the business community. I was livestreaming, like several other journos. We had been authorized to do so.
“To get into State House grounds we went through 2 security check points and I was cleared at both.
“For my story, I talked to Kuda Tagwirei (implicated in allegations of state capture), Kindness Paradza and RBZ Governor John Mangudya when a CIO operative confronted me. He asked for my accreditation. I was livestreaming the Mangudya interview and did not have it on me— I had also left my ID at the first of the two security check points.
“He marched me into a room at State House, and and ordered me to switch off my phone, which I was using to record my interviews. He grabbed my phone, stopped the broadcast and switched off my phone.
“They ordered me to sit down while 3 of them stood over me and interrogated me.
“After being scolded by the CIO they let me go. Up to now I do not know what this was about or why I was targetted.
“This was the livestream on Twitter. Apologies for the grainy periscope picture quality.
https://twitter.com/violetgonda/status/1056842069862318081…
“I did not violate any security protocols nor behave differently from other journalists at the event.
“That such blatant intimidation can happen at State House during a business forum should concern all Zimbabweans interested in freedom of information and accountable leadership.”
Violet Gonda
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