[DEBATE] : Fwd: [MDC Media Release] Tendai Biti Still Missing

[Dominic Tweedie]

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From: Nqobizitha Mlilo M <nmlilo at gmail.com>
Date: 2008/6/12
Subject: [MDC Media Release] Tendai Biti Still Missing
To: mdc-media-releases at googlegroups.com


MDC NEWS UPDATE

17:35 Thursday

Despite intensive efforts by numerous MDC legal and human rights
representatives there is still no firm evidence as to the whereabouts
of the party's Secretary General, Tendai Biti.

Mr Biti flew into Harare from Johannesburg at 12.20 this afternoon and
was escorted off the plane by 10 policemen. He was forced into an
unmarked vehicle and has not been seen since.

The MDC is extremely concerned about the welfare of the Secretary
General given the flagrant disregard for the rule of law and ongoing,
state-sanctioned political violence and abductions currently prevalent
in Zimbabwe.

The MDC calls upon Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri to
immediately reveal Mr Biti's location and release him unharmed
immediately.

Ends