Ephraim Mutombeni and Prosper Tiringindi Released
On 30 August, human rights defenders Ephraim Mutombeni and Prosper Tiringindi were released. They were arrested a day earlier in Masvingo, at the launch of a new movement called #Tasvinura that is part of ongoing nationwide protests for good governance and accountability in Zimbabwe.
Ephraim Mutombeni is Chairperson of Masvingo Residents Trust (MRT), a human rights organisation campaigning for public accountability and adequate service delivery in Masvingo province in south-east Zimbabwe.
On 30 August, human rights defenders Ephraim Mutombeni and Prosper Tiringindi were released. They were arrested a day earlier in Masvingo, at the launch of a new movement called #Tasvinura that is part of ongoing nationwide protests for good governance and accountability in Zimbabwe. The local website Voice of the People reports that one of the pressure group organisers, Anoziva Muguti, said: "There was no violence at all yet the police said they arrested them for participating in violent actions. Arresting activists is just a way of trying to instil fear on demonstrating pressure groups. It is however too late for such actions as people are now determined to see justice after decades of misgovernance and plundering of public resources by the politically connected few.”
