AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Media Advisory

AI Index: AFR 46/002/2003 (Public)

News Service No: 015

23 January 2003

Zimbabwe: Invitation to a press conference

Amnesty International invites journalists to a press conference on the preliminary findings of its latest mission to Zimbabwe. The conference shall be held in Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow.

During its visit, members of the Amnesty International delegation met Zimbabwean human rights activists and gathered evidence of growing harassment, arrest and torture of those who peacefully oppose the government. They discovered a level of fear among human rights activists that has rarely been seen before.

Further Conference Details

DATE: 24 January 2003

TIME: 12h00 Johannesburg Time (10:00GMT)

VENUE: Melville Mini Conference Centre

99 4th Avenue

Melville,

JOHANNESBURG

+27(11)726-2360

SPEAKERS

Musa Gassama: Africa Human Rights Defenders Coordinator, Amnesty International Africa Regional Office, Kampala, Uganda.

Sharmala Naidoo: Researcher, Amnesty International Secretariat, London.

Samkelo Mokhine: Press Officer, Amnesty International, South Africa.

For further information, please contact:

Samkelo Mokhine: Press Officer, Amnesty International, South Africa

Tel : 27 83 2612656

Or

George Ngwa

Press Office, International Secretariat, London

Tel: 44 20 7413 5564.

Public Document

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