Category: Human Rights (archives)

Zim Farmers To Seek Justice At International Courts http://www.radiovop.com 2 hours 37 minutes ago Bulawayo, June 02, 2011 – Zimbabwe white commercial farmers will seek justice at the international courts following the suspension of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal which always ruled in their favour over farm disputes with the government. A recent SADC summit held …

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Farm invasions: When will it end? http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Monday, 30 May 2011 12:00 “THERE is enough for everybody’s need not for everybody’s greed,” said Mahatma Gandhi. How true indeed. I think it is a tragedy that more than 10 years down the road, there appears to be no end to Zimbabwe’s land reform process. As isolated the incidents …

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Pensioners sing the blues http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Monday, 30 May 2011 12:07 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter THREE years after all their life’s savings vanished from under their noses, when a nasty twist of fate snuffed life out of the Zimbabwe dollar, pensioners thro-ughout the country face a bleak future. The collapse of the local unit has had a devastating …

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Apostolic sect members grab over 100 cattle http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterSunday, 29 May 2011 15:53 HARARE – Members of the Johanne Marange apostolic sect who have invaded one of the country’s biggest dairy farms have forcibly grabbed over 100 cattle belonging to the farm’s owner, Francis Kotze. A Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) official told the …

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Security Council must act on Zim – HRW director http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Mxolisi NcubeSaturday, 28 May 2011 13:35 JOHANNESBURG – An international human rights expert has called on the United Nations Security Council to act on continuing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe before the situation degenerates into a civil war.Human Rights Watch (HRW) United Nations Director, Philippe …

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Zim farm invasions intensify as SADC snubs human rights http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell26 May 2011 Zimbabwe’s remaining commercial farming community is facing a fresh onslaught of invasions by ZANU PF land grabbers, in the wake of the closure of the regional human rights court. Leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) last week dissolved the human rights …

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Zimbabwe Farmers Increasing Tobacco Production on Seized Land http://www.voanews.com/ Peta Thornycroft | Harare, Zimbabwe  May 24, 2011 Zimbabwe’s new farmers are growing massive amounts of tobacco, mainly on formerly white-owned farms, and some of them are earning more than they ever dreamed possible. Tens of thousands of new farmers are working land seized from whites by President Robert …

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SA joins SADC in protecting unlawful land reform http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell25 May 2011 South Africa has joined the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in appearing to protect Robert Mugabe’s unlawful land grab campaign, in another blow for dispossessed farmers. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has this week dismissed a final attempt by a farmer who …

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White farmers under fresh siege http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterWednesday, 25 May 2011 16:09 HARARE – White commercial farmers have come under renewed siege from farm invaders following the disbandment of the Sadc Tribunal last week, according to representatives. Charles Taffs, the Commercial Farmers Union vice president said his organisation had received fresh invasions in Manicaland’s Chipinge …

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Statement by the SADC Lawyers’ Association THE SADC Lawyers’ Association SADC Lawyers Association Condemns the Harassment of Civil Society Representatives by Zimbabwean State Security Agents at the SADC Extraordinary Summit In Windhoek. The SADC Lawyers Association is appalled by the harassment of civil society organizations’ representatives at the SADC Extraordinary Summit in Windhoek on 20 May 2011 by Zimbabwean state security agents …

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