Tsvangirai to attend Dzamara's prayer meeting

On Saturday, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be joining thousands of concerned Zimbabweans at a prayer meeting for Itai Dzamara to be held at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare.

In statement today MDC-T said "Dzamara was abducted by State security agents in March and left a traumatized  wife and two  young children who ask everyday on the whereabouts of their father. Thousands of Zimbabweans from all walks of life are expected to attend this important prayer meeting. Tsvangirai, who has himself been kidnapped and brutally assaulted in a police station, believes that the safety and security of citizens is a sacred right that is now guaranteed by the Constitution of Zimbabwe and urges all party members and Zimbabweans at large to attend this national prayer."

"Tsvangirai is on record as saying the MDC-T holds the State responsible and accountable for Dzamara's abduction and we demand that he be produced alive so that he can be with his family.

"Tsvangirai will not only deliver a speech at the event, but will also join other Zimbabweans in prayer for an innocent citizen whose family remains traumatized by the senseless abduction and disappearance.

Eight years ago, Tsvangirai was among leaders and ordinary citizens brutally assaulted by the police at a Save Zimbabwe prayer meeting scheduled for Zimbabwe grounds, the same venue for Dzamara's prayer meeting.

"Thousands of Zimbabweans, mainly MDC-T activists have been killed, maimed, assaulted and abducted in the past and some of them are still missing.

"Tsvangirai has vowed to attend Saturday's event, notwithstanding any effort that may be made to thwart it, adding that no amount of barbarism should stop a prayer.

"Solidarity is a key value in the MDC-T and the Tsvangirai urges everyone to attend this important national event as we pray to God to save and protect the citizens of this country from the brutality of their own government."