U.S., EU ask Zimbabwe to investigate activist's disappearance

[WorldNews]

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The United States and European Union have asked Zimbabwean authorities to investigate the disappearance of a journalist-turned activist who has been staging sit-ins in the capital demanding that President Robert Mugabe resigns. Itai Dzamara was on Monday forcibly taken by five unidentified men and bundled into an unmarked truck near his home in the capital Harare, according to his family. The EU and U.S. said in separate statements that they were concerned with Dzamara's abduction and disappearance. "If he is being held in state custody, it is vital that his fundamental human rights and freedoms as guaranteed by Zimbabwe's constitution be honored," the U.S. embassy said.

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