The enforced disappearance, incommunicado detention and torture, followed by the arbitrary detention of these human rights defenders is inexcusable, and not only violates international human rights law but also makes a mockery of the safeguards contained in Zimbabwe's own Constitution.
The major goals of SADC are to reduce poverty, improve the standard of living for the people of Southern Africa, promote economic development, peace, security, and growth.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is assuming the chair of the 16-member bloc at the meeting, marking Zimbabwe's hosting of the SADC summit for the first time in a decade.
Human rights activist, feminist, and constitutionalism advocate Namatai Kwekweza, along with other human rights defenders, were forcibly removed from a departing flight and subjected to torture.
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