The youth activist, Gift Tandare was shot dead in Harare's Highfield township on 11 March 2007 as riot police arrested at least seventy people including four prominent human rights defenders while attempting to attend a Save Zimbabwe Campaign prayer meeting.
Gift Tandare is the youth Chairperson of the National Constitutional Assembly.The 4 human rights defenders are, Mike Davies - Chairperson of the Combined Harare residents association, Madock Chivasa - Spokesperson for the National Constitutional Assembly, Dr Lovemore Madhuku, member of the National Constitutional Assembly and Gladys Hlatsawo, Information officer for the Crisis Coalition. 
