Opinion / Columnist
Of course Zimbabwe has a lot to hide
22 May 2012 at 11:55hrs | Views
Contrary to claims by Zanu-PF's Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Sunday 20th May 2012, that Zimbabwe "has nothing to hide" as he welcomed the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay, I beg to differ.
Noting that the Mugabe regime is trying to frustrate genuine civil society organisations from meeting with the visiting UN rights chief, I felt compelled to express my point of view through YouTube.
In the impromptu video which I shot from the safety on my office in London, UK, I pointed out that Zimbabwe has had human rights abuses for a long time. I was focusing on the period since 2000, not because I am ignoring Operation Gukurahundi.
I have written extensively about human rights abuses including Operation Gukurahundi in my opinion papers that I thought of focusing on more recent times.
I deplore the murder of over 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces of Zimbabwe by Robert Mugabe's forces.
Please be warned that towards the end of the video I showed a very upsetting picture of the charred remains of the late Mr Joshua Bakacheza one of the victims of Mugabe's political violence and human rights abuses.
The objective of the video is to disprove Minister Chinamasa's claim that Zimbabwe has nothing to hide. More upsetting images of victims of rights abuses are available on sokwanele.com.
The video's title is 'Zimbabwe Human Rights Abuses' posted by CC Mashiri01 at.
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Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London, zimanalysis2009@gmail.com
Noting that the Mugabe regime is trying to frustrate genuine civil society organisations from meeting with the visiting UN rights chief, I felt compelled to express my point of view through YouTube.
In the impromptu video which I shot from the safety on my office in London, UK, I pointed out that Zimbabwe has had human rights abuses for a long time. I was focusing on the period since 2000, not because I am ignoring Operation Gukurahundi.
I have written extensively about human rights abuses including Operation Gukurahundi in my opinion papers that I thought of focusing on more recent times.
I deplore the murder of over 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces of Zimbabwe by Robert Mugabe's forces.
Please be warned that towards the end of the video I showed a very upsetting picture of the charred remains of the late Mr Joshua Bakacheza one of the victims of Mugabe's political violence and human rights abuses.
The objective of the video is to disprove Minister Chinamasa's claim that Zimbabwe has nothing to hide. More upsetting images of victims of rights abuses are available on sokwanele.com.
The video's title is 'Zimbabwe Human Rights Abuses' posted by CC Mashiri01 at.
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Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London, zimanalysis2009@gmail.com
Source - Clifford Chitupa Mashiri,
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