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Zimbabwe
Human Rights Defenders Program
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African Civil
Society Consultation on Zimbabwe
Members of civil society from Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia,
Namibia, Malawi and Kenya, met in Gaborone August 4-6 to discuss remedies
for the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.
 Archbishop
Pius Ncube of Zimbabwe, right, opens the African Civil Society Consultation
on Zimbabwe with an emotional keynote address underlining the importance
of an immediate regional and international response to the human rights
and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. Also pictured, Kenyan Maina Kiai, left,
of the International Human Rights Law Group of Washington, D.C.
Arnold Tsunga, right, of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights gives an
introduction to the economic and social rights situation in Zimbabwe as
the Consultation prepares to discuss strategies for their promotion. Also
pictured, Maini Kiai, left, and Archbishop Pius Ncube, center.
Dr. John Makumbe, right, of Transparency International, Zimbabwe, speaks
to the plenary about escalating political violence in Zimbabwe as the Consultation
prepares to discuss approaches for addressing the situation. Also pictured,
Archbishop Pius Ncube, left.
Ahmed Motala of the Human Rights Institute for South Africa introduces the
topic of country-based and regional advocacy strategies as the Consultation
moves toward concrete result-oriented discussion.
Participants were divided into three breakout groups to discuss, in further
detail, political violence, the silencing of civil society, and economic
and social rights.
After the closed sessions of the Consultation on Zimbabwe had finished,
a press conference was held to present the conclusions and recommendations
that the group had come to. Pictured left to right: Dr. Chaloka Beyani of
Zambia; Archbishop Pius Ncube of Zimbabwe; Alice Mogwe of Botswana; Arnold
Tsunga of Zimbabwe, and Eddie Makue of South Africa.
At the Consultation’s end, participants representing a broad spectrum
of civil society in the southern Africa region were both prepared and eager
to initiate a united, regional effort to remedy the human rights and humanitarian
crisis in Zimbabwe.
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