Harare, Zimbabwe, Dec 14, 2008 / 15:39 pm
In reaction to her “disturbing” abduction, Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, the president of Caritas Internationalis, has called for the immediate release of Jestina Mukoko and other missing human rights advocates in Zimbabwe.
Jestina Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), was abducted from her home in Harare on December 3 when fifteen men in plain clothes broke into her family home. Her son witnessed the abduction, Caritas Internationalis reports.
Her whereabouts are still unknown.
The ZPP is a partner organization of Caritas Ireland, also known as Trócaire.