Abducted and held prisoner for seven months, then dumped in a street at night
May 7th, 2009
When people were abducted by State agents last year 2008, and were not located within a few weeks, it was assumed by many that they had been tortured and murdered, never to be seen again.
Not so with James (not his real name).
He was abducted from Mt Darwin on the 29th March, 2008 (the day of the harmonized elections) by State agents who were driving a white Toyota twin-cab. There were five armed men in the truck. They wanted to know why he was MDC and also asked for the whereabouts of the MDC councilor.
James was taken to the Bindura prison where he was beaten, and then taken to Kariba. He was detained at Kariba for 4 months. While being detained at Kariba he was forced to have sexual intercourse with one of the Junta women. He was then moved to Kadoma where he was kept incarcerated for a further 3 months.
After 7 months James was dumped in Chitingwiza at 8 o’clock at night. He was assisted by the local MP to make a report to the MDC head office.
The MDC is still missing approximately 200 people who were abducted by State agents during 2008.
Where are these people and why is no one being held accountable for the fact that they are missing!
