Category: Human Rights (archives)

‘My Zimbabwe farm was stolen by Mugabe’s thugs now I live in tiny Harlow flat’   http://www.standard.co.uk  Family: Timolene Tibbett, husband Rolf and two of their children in ZimbabweA Londoner forced off her 3,600 acre farm in Zimbabwe told today of her battle to get justice from Robert Mugabe’s regime.Timolene Tibbett, 56, was thrown out of …

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Ex-farmers target Zimbabwe’s UK assets http://www.newzimbabwe.com 31/10/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter A GROUP of white former commercial farmers forced off their farms under Zimbabwe’s land reforms have approached the UK government in a bid to have seized Zimbabwe assets used to pay their compensation. The eleven families believe the UK treasury is holding Zimbabwe assets seized after sanctions were …

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Political violence victims relive ’08 horror http://www.thestandard.co.zw October 28, 2012 in Politics JERERA — “They were brandishing AK 47 assault rifles and ordered us to lie in one corner. Report by Tatenda Chitagu Washington Nyamwa, our colleague, wanted to grab the rifle from one of the gunmen but was shot in the stomach. He fell on me …

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UN: Southern Africa Food Shortages Worsen Oct 20, 9:52 AM EDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United Nations deputy humanitarian chief says food shortages are “a chronic problem” in southern Africa and more than 5.5 million people in eight countries need aid this year, a 40 percent increase compared to 2011. Catherine Bragg, winding up a five-day southern …

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Dual citizenship case in court http://www.dailynews.co.zw Friday, 19 October 2012 10:33HARARE – A Harare man has been arrested at the Harare International Airport for contravening the Citizenship Act after he was found in possession of a British and Zimbabwean passport. Kennedy Moyo, 40, of Harare’s Highfield suburb has now appeared before magistrate Don Ndirowei for contravening Section 21 …

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Travesty of justice! http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:24Njabulo Ncube, Assistant Editor PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has finally signed into law the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act that allows investigations into incidents of politically-motivated violence but critics say this piece of legislation glosses over the country’s poor human rights record.The law — gazetted last Friday as Act No 2/2012 …

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Life without a destination   http://www.irinnews.org   Photo: IRIN Many former farm workers have become IDPs GOROMONZI, 3 October 2012 (IRIN) – For more than a decade, farm worker Maria Bhamu, 48, and her 10-year-old grandson have wandered across Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province, enduring a string of evictions in the aftermath of the country’s fast-track land …

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Chihuri urged to declare ‘illicit’ roadblock cash http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell01 October 2012 Zimbabwe’s police commissioner Augustine Chihuri is being urged to publicly declare how much money is being collected by police officers at the many roadblocks across the country. The Coalition Against Corruption (CAC) last week handed over a letter and petition to the police’s general headquarters …

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ZANU PF takes over grain loan scheme in Masvingo http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda21 September 2012 A government scheme meant to assist villagers in need of grain has been hijacked by ZANU PF officials in Masvingo, who are selecting only members of their own party as beneficiaries. Reports from Rupike, Tugwane, Mavizhu, Muchibwa, and Maburutse villages in Masvingo province …

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