By Own Correspondent| Communities in Marange have harrowing experiences of how their freedom of movement is being violated by the country’s law enforcement agents as they are required to obtain Persons Access Permits (PAP).

The PAP are issued in Mutare by the Police Provincial Intelligence Officer.

Marange communities told ZimEye that they are not allowed to move around without acquiring and presenting PAP ever since the police launched their operation dubbed “Operation Hakudzokwi”.

Below is a picture of the pass which the communities allege is a requirement for one to move in and around Marange.

Said a man who spoke on condition of anonymity, “This is what we read from the history books that during the Ian Smith era, blacks were required to carry passes to move from one place to the next. We are back in Rhodesia because of the diamonds. My prayer is for the companies to finish taking all these diamonds so that we start living our lives in peace again. We now live in fear because of these diamonds.”