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Human Rights Commission probe Hurungwe violence
14 May 2015 at 04:56hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has launched an investigation on outbreak of violence in Hurungwe which has seen people linked to independent candidate Temba Mliswa attacked, ZHRC deputy chairperson Ellen Sithole has said.
ZHRC is a newly-established national human rights institution with a mandate to promote, protect and enforce human rights in Zimbabwe.
Sithole a probe team went to Hurungwe on Friday last week.
"They are still compiling an investigation report which will be used to determine the fate of the matter."
Mliswa will battle it out with Zanu PF's Keith Guzah in the elections.
However, Sithole said it takes up to a month to complete in investigations.
"If it's urgent we look at it on an urgent basis but normally cases take up to 30 days to look at because as commissioners we meet once in a month.
"As for this one, I would think the matter is urgent but we will have to see how we are going to handle it since I was not on the ground."
ZHRC is a newly-established national human rights institution with a mandate to promote, protect and enforce human rights in Zimbabwe.
Sithole a probe team went to Hurungwe on Friday last week.
"They are still compiling an investigation report which will be used to determine the fate of the matter."
However, Sithole said it takes up to a month to complete in investigations.
"If it's urgent we look at it on an urgent basis but normally cases take up to 30 days to look at because as commissioners we meet once in a month.
"As for this one, I would think the matter is urgent but we will have to see how we are going to handle it since I was not on the ground."
Source - Byo24News
