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20th July 2022 FCDO, BBC, AU and SADC Pressure

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Written by: John Burke
Published: 21 July 2022
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Namibian Consulates Petition On the 20th July 2022 in the UK we organised a petition:
ZHRO, MyRight2Vote and ROHR hand delivered petitions to the Embassies below on Wednesday 20th July 2022 regarding the persecution of opposition MP’s and members of CCC in Zimbabwe, Following on from the gruesome murder of Moreblessing Ali sometime between May 24th and 11th June this year. In addition other CCC Mp's are being held without charge as a blatant attempt at intimidation. MORE BACKGROUND Click Here --Twitter Alert link
 
  • We met at Trafalgar Square
  • Delivered our petition to FCDO ( Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office and the Minister for Africa - possibly Vicky Ford? But with the new Government who knows)
  • To the Ambassador to the Embassy of Senegal (As the Senegal President is currently Chair of the AU)
  • To the Namibian Consulate (As the Namibian President is Chair of SADC) [Photo]
  • The the BBC (close to the Namibian Consulate)
  • It was too late to deal with the Zimbabwe Embassy [but their Scottish Consulate was SERVED!]
  • We had walked nearly 9 miles to achieve this "Petition Extravaganza" Twitter Tweets

Now we should like the global diaspora to try a similar exercises in their locality over the coming weeks to suit their own timetables. Firstly to check on the address, ambassador/high commissioner names and e-mails of all the Embassies of Senegal, Consulates of Namibia, and the Embassies of Zimbabwe, please access this PDF with live web links [thanks go to https://www.embassypages.com/ for all this data] to them all GLOBAL EMBASSY CONTACT LIST - Click Here to Download or access.

Then you can copy the proforma body text [below - with Read More/Pages] to the Senegal Embassies and Namibian Consulates as shown here. Replace the name of the Ambassador with the name from the PDF database above. Also get the e-mail so you can send them "Notice of Petition Hand Over" [ before the the written petition will be available with an update to this article.] SEE Here for the Written Petition Templates in this article TEMPLATES this includes the Zimbabwe Embassy Templates.

Flickr Website Images of the day CLICK HERE

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Denied Bail, but still No Charges

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Written by: By Nyashadzashe Ndoro
Published: 07 July 2022
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Denied Bail yet againSikhala, Sithole denied bail after 23 days of pre-trial incarceration
 
High Court judge Justice Lucy Mungwari has denied bail to opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators/MP's Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole who are charged with incitement to commit public violence. The duo have now been in custody for 23 days.
 
The lawmakers were arrested on 14 June, accused of inciting violence following clashes with Zanu-PF youths in Chitungwiza at the funeral wake for murdered CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
 
They were denied bail last week with Magistrate Gibson Mandaza ruling that they were “a threat to public security”.(!)
 
On Thursday, their bail appeal was again dismissed by the High Court.
 
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy national chairman Job Sikhala and fellow legislator Godfrey Sithole were brought to court movie style
The two are represented by human rights lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) 
 

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Systematic Political Abductions

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Written by: John Burke
Published: 04 July 2022
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  • Diaspora
  • Zimbbwe Constitution
  • Opression
  • Torture
  • Intimidation
  • Zanu PF propaganda

13 abducted -so far plus 2 murdersFrom a purely human rights perspective, what is going on in Zimbabwe, at this moment, can only be described as Political Intimidation and Political Murders.

Currently, there appears to be 13 main opposition party members [including 3 sitting Mp's] behind bars without charge. These abductions are in addition to the horrendous murder and mutilation of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali, and Mr Tuesday - again brutally murdered.

This vicious campaign is typical of the violent nature of the Zanu PF leadership [if you could call it Leadership - as it resembles a military cabal rather than a government]. Indeed, Amnesty International in their 2021 end of year report on Politics in Zimbabwe states:

""The human rights situation continued to deteriorate, with the government demonstrating hostility to human rights defenders, protesters, political activists and journalists. They were harassed, arrested, prosecuted and subjected to prolonged pretrial detention; one activist was killed allegedly by supporters of ZANU-PF, the ruling party. The state weaponized Covid-19 lockdowns to restrict political activity. Security forces carried out unlawful killings. The Supreme Court quashed a 20-year prison sentence against two opposition supporters. Thousands were forcibly evicted from their land. Public hospitals remained underfunded and poor healthcare infrastructure put women’s and girls’ health at risk. Many people were at risk of becoming stateless..""

With an assessment like this you would think that the current regime's tenancy would be short lived - but No, this is 42 years since independence!

This has to end. SADC {Southern African Development Community} and the AU {African Union} with respect, must put it's 'collective' House in Order. For the incoming Chair of SADC this is a difficult task for His Excellency; Dr Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia. We wish to alert him to the facts of the matter from a Human Rights perspective, and to trust that the Zanu PF officials are not whispering their justifications in his ear - Zanu PF seem to be under the impression that Zimbabwe is simply a "One-party State".

The African Union {AU} at its meeting on 17th July 2022 needs to uphold its core values on democracy and Human Rights - as the sitting Zimbabwe regime seems not to comprehend a single word of the AU's "Values" published here:

""Agenda 2063 envisions a continent in which there is a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, and respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law. The AU works with member states to develop and implement policies that aim to building strong well governed institutions and enact laws that will ensure Africa’s citizens are fully engaged and involved in policy making and development initiates and that these citizens are provided the safe and secure environments in which to live.""

In the United Kingdom, and given the fact that the sitting 'regime' wishes to be included, once more, into the Commonwealth - with Economics Minister Mthuliu Ncube currently in the UK begging for some sort of support and looking for "Investors" it is incumbent upon the FCDO to at least intercede upon these clear intimidation tactics by the regime.

We as Human Rights defenders wish to petition all of the above to try to influence the regime to accept the democratic process, rule of Law and the existing Constitution of Zimbabwe - all of which are deficient in terms of justice, any aspect of morality or even empathy towards their fellow citizens. All these aspects need to be bolstered - to protect the citizens from a deliquent 'government' of 'occupation'!

It is self evident that Zanu PF are both an illegal government [rigged 2013 elections] and are unworthy of the title of government - they are a "Lootocracy" and an affront to Human Rights or any form of the democratic process. They must change.

As if this issue is not bad enough, the economic mismanagement of inflation and the doomed [to repeat the currency chaos of 2008] real-time gross settlement (RTGS) dollar has impoverished most Zimbabweans see our article "Workers being Robbed..... It's not as if the Zanu PF regime has been warned time and time again - to keep making the same mistakes see this item from December 13th 2019 and see if it still applies today - or is it worse? An excellent article by Keith Jefferis, Econsult Botswana, Peace Operations and Peacebuilding Consultant, ISS Pretoriaellent.

Alex Magaisa's Body Returns

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Written by: John Burke
Published: 26 June 2022
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Nelson ChamisaCITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, his deputy Tendai Biti and tens of party members Saturday thronged the Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport to welcome the late law expert and government critic Alex Magaisa's body.

Magaisa who was late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's advisor succumbed to a heart attack at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Kent, southeast of England on June 5, 2022. His remains arrived in the country for burial with a memorial service set for Harare's Showgrounds Sunday. His family is however yet to set the burial date as they are yet to process a burial order.

The memorial service is for his friends, family and the Big Saturday Read (BSR) fans at East End Hall at the Showgrounds.


It has been cleared by the police. Posting on Twitter, family spokesperson Esteri Magaisa said: "Well, here I am thinking of the person who would make me visit Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport occasionally. "I would welcome you home in flesh and blood. To think that today you are coming as cargo wangu? God I am not ready."

Nelson Chamisa comments and short video

Zanu PF has Failed

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Written by: John Burke
Published: 26 June 2022
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Zimbabwe Army or Zanu PF Thugs?THE majority of Zimbabweans say the government has failed to address economic challenges, create jobs and ensure price stability, with a huge percentage saying they would vote for the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) if elections are held now, a survey has revealed.

According to the survey by Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan, non-profit survey research network that provides reliable data on Africans' experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life, the majority of Zimbabweans feel President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has fared "fairly badly" and "very badly" on key economic issues.

"About three in 10 citizens (29%) prioritise government action on infrastructure and roads. By large majorities, Zimbabweans say the government is performing "fairly badly" or "very badly" on key economic issues, including: Keeping prices stable (87%), creating jobs (86%), narrowing gaps between rich and poor (79%)," the reports reads.

Mnangagwa came into power amid promises of millions of jobs, currency stability and instituting pro-poor policies, but four years on, the country's unemployment rate is over 90%, with the poor bearing the brunt of a failing economy and currency instability.

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