Human Rights

Details: Written by: Lindsey Zaranynika; Category: Human Rights Violations; Published: 02 September 2019; Hits: 6872

#EnoughisEnough

Last week in Zimbabwe, one of the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) (Zimbabwe’s main opposition party) youth Sekai Marashe aka Muchaina (pictured) was brutalised and assaulted. Where is the woman’s rights? Where is the protection and where is the democracy? Those in power, in the government are meant to protect the woman. Instead, they spread malicious lies. Dr Energy Mudoti a prominent ZANU PF minister tweeted, “no matter how democratic our government can be, we can never guarantee that drunkards & prostitutes stop fighting”. For a minister to stoop that low in attack of a vulnerable young woman instead of protecting her is gut wrenchingly sickening. He is using his platform and authority to discredit the crying, the broken and the vulnerable.

Not Just Sekai but also a well-known comedian, Samatha Kureya aka “Gonyeti,” who uses her talent, humour, wit and her platform to be an activist against the Zanu pf regime was abducted, tortured, threatened and told to stop and not speak of it. They broke her but she will fight on and the National News paper, The herald has gone and published her full name and address to continue the intimidation.

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Details: Written by: Take2Zimbabwe; Category: Human Rights Violations; Published: 01 September 2019; Hits: 7026

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum launched the special report ‘The New Deception: What has changed’ which critiques the record of the Mnangagwa government’s record in human rights observation. The report reflects on the promises of the return to constitutionalism and rule of law made President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 26 August 2018. Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated as the second Executive President of Zimbabwe after Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was overthrown from power through a military coup.

The Forum launched the report which captured the human rights situation in the “new dispensation” on 27 August 2019. Apart from launching the documentary, the Forum held an engaging discussion which was focused on the key highlights of the report such as the nature and distribution of violations witnessed since November 2017 to date. The thrust of the event was to stimulate conversation around the current human rights violations being witnessed in the country. The event also sought to respond to the question on everyone’s mind, Is this the Zimbabwe we all want?

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