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NCA
spokesperson nominated for a big award
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
March
04, 2008
The National Constitutional
Assembly (NCA) is humbled by One World organisation's nomination
of NCA National spokesperson Madock Chivasa for an award of fighting
for democracy and good governance.
One World a coalition of more than 1500 organizations across the
globe for fighting to promote social justice and human rights last
Friday nominated Chivasa to win international award tilted: "One
World's Person of 2007" for fighting for democracy, good governance
and working to improve governments' policies towards marginalized
people in Zimbabwe.
Announcing the nomination One World (OW), said Chivasa was arrested
more than 20 times by the police agents sympathetic to President
Robert Mugabe's regime since he was a student leader at University
of Zimbabwe.
In 2002 he was given a life ban at the University of Zimbabwe where
he was leading more than 15000 students who were demonstrating against
privatization of education at tertiary institutions.
The human rights watchdog said irregardless of the fact that "he
is young; he is currently amongst the most vocal people and critics
of the current human rights violations and dictatorship in Zimbabwe
where a lot of people are persecuted for speaking against the Zanu-PF
government".
Responding to the nomination Chivasa 28 said: "The nomination
is a clear indication that there is human rights crisis in Zimbabwe
and it is a clear indication that there are people out there who
appreciate the work activists are doing in Zimbabwe", he said.
"I will not be disappointed if I am not the final winner of
that international award but the fact I was nominated still carries
a massage on the need to fight for human rights in Zimbabwe",
added
Chivasa was nominated among international human rights defenders
and Girl Child
Network (GCN) Zimbabwe director Betty Makoni.
Makoni was nominated for her fight against violence towards women,
women's human rights and her advocacy work against the cultural
acceptance of abuse and exploitation of girls and women in the world.
She is a notable activist
and advocate for girls who do not have access to education, and
whose rights have traditionally been ignored.
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