The human rights situation in Zimbabwe is to be assessed this week by the UN Special Rapporteur Clement Voule, who is the first independent human rights expert to visit the country. Voule will assess, among other issues, the continuing abduction of human rights activists and union leaders and the implementation of protection and freedom of association and peaceful assembly. His findings I think will make for interesting reading. The spotlight is on Zimbabwe at the moment and the government has ensure that the rights of citizens are respected. This talk by government officials of a mysterious third party being responsible for the abductions is pure horse crap.
Hundreds of Zimbabweans in the diaspora would have looked at the death of Mugabe as the time they would look to return home, unfortunately since Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in 2017, the regime has resorted to the same brutal tactics used by his predecessor Robert Mugabe to "clampdown on human rights.
Qouting Pastor Evan Mawarire talking about the removal of Robert Mugabe from office, "So the journey towards Zimbabwe being a normal or a better society had begun. We thought since we marched together with the military and we stood up against Robert Mugabe, the military now has stood in solidarity with the citizens, surely we are going to see even just a slight improvement, just a slight betterment and that is all the new administration has to do.
Mugabe was the worst that we had had for 38 years. All President [Emmerson]Mnangagwa had to do was marginally better, just a little bit, then not just Zimbabweans would be happy with that, the whole world would have applauded.
But it was not to be."
We urge the Zimbabwean government to take action and hold perpetrators of these human rights violations accountable.
