Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa has urged his followers to respond to Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth.

This follows a response by Roth on Facebook that the local representative of the organisation,
Dewa Mavhinga, did not bully Strive Masiyiwa’s wife.

The comment follows a series of events in the past several days which saw both Strive Masiyiwa and his wife, Tsitsi Masiyiwa delete their Twitter accounts, after what Strive Masiyiwa said was bullying on the platform.

Masiyiwa pointed out that one of the people who bullied his wife works “for an international organization that is highly respected for its work on human rights.” and that “It’s founder, now 95 is a close family
friend.” The individual referred to has been speculated to be Dewa Mavhinga, the Southern Africa Director of Human Rights

However, Masiyiwa said Roth has admitted he is responsible for the imposition of sanctions against Zimbabwe and urged his followers to respond to the Human Rights Watch boss on social media using the
hashtag #MrRothPleaseStopSanctions.

Part of Masiyiwa’s response reads:”
No sir! Enough! Zvakwana, aisi nyika
yako! “Enough, it is not your country”.
Allow us Zimbabweans to choose what tools we apply to bring about peaceful democratic change. Your methods have failed us. Since you have admitted to being the one behind these sanctions, please remove them, and find other means that do not cause so much suffering for ordinary people. I hope my followers will now answer you going forward: Here is the hashtag: #MrRothPleaseStopSanctions. Children are dying, and so is our country.Please Sir! I will attach it to every post I make.”