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Use
of the army in the maintenance of law and order
Open Letter to Parliament
ZimRights
October 08, 2001
Dear Honourable MP,
We write to you today to raise our concern on the use of the army in the
maintenance of law and order. ZimRights has been approached by many people
from the different constituencies throughout the country raising their
concerns on the use of the army in the maintenance of law and order. A
lot of people have suffered in the hands of the army and we feel that
you as a member of parliament can intervene on behalf of your constituent.
We feel that government should look seriously into this issue and come
up with recommendations that would bar the use of the army in the maintenance
of law and order. Some people have died and a lot of them have been assaulted
and obtained injuries. We feel that this should be put to stop and proper
mechanisms be put into place to empower the Police Force to deal with
maintenance of law and order.
ZimRights calls upon investigations into alleged human rights abuses by
the army and perpetrators be brought to book to account for their actions
and those who gave the orders should be reprimanded. We trust that you
as a member of parliament will seriously discuss this pertinent issue
in paliament and come up with a solution to this negative development
in our country. Enclosed with this letter is a report
and recommendations compiled by ZimRights on some of the cases reported
to us. ZimRights is willing to assist in investigations on further cases
to see the extent of this problem. We also know that some Honourable MPs
have been victim to this abuse.
We hope ZimRights will be able to have feedback on this issue so that
we can adequately inform our clients on what is being done to address
this problem.
Sincerely Yours
David Jamali
Acting National Director
CC: Speaker of Parliament
CC: Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
CC: Minister of Home Affairs
CC: Minister of Defence
CC: MDC President
CC: ZANU-PF President and First Secretary
CC: Amani Trust
CC: LRF
CC: Human Rights NGO Forum
CC: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
CC: Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association
CC: ZimRights Partners
CC: Amnesty International
CC: African Rights
CC: Human Rights Watch
CC: Federation of Human Rights Defenders
CC: Press
CC: ZimRights National Council
Registered Campaigners for Human Rights in Zimbabwe: W.O. 03/93
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
P. O. Box 3951, Harare, Zimbabwe
Alveston Court, Cnr. 4th Street/Baines Avenue, Harare
Fax: 263 4 707277
Tel: 263 4 707278, 705898
e-mail: zimright@mweb.co.zw
Human
Rights Update Volume 1, October 10 2001
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