Zimbabwe: Human rights defender held in Zimbabwe: Farai Maguwu

Index Number: AFR 46/005/2010
Date Published: 11 June 2010
Categories: Zimbabwe

Human rights defender Farai Maguwu was arrested on 3 June after passing on information about human rights abuses to an independent monitor of the diamond trade. Farai Maguwu is being held in Harare Central Remand Prison, where he has been denied access to medication. He is a prisoner of conscience, held for carrying out his human rights work.