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Commemorating
World Human Rights Day
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
December 10, 2006
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
(The Forum) is a coalition of 17 human rights NGOs working towards
the elimination of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe. It
has been in existence since January 1998 when 9 human rights NGOs
joined together to provide legal and psychosocial assistance to
the victims of organised violence and torture.
In pursuing its mandate, the Forum produces
relevant monthly and ad hoc reports. In commemorating World Human
Rights Day 2006, the Forum draws attention to its recently published
reports, which include:
"Political
repression disguised as civic mindedness. Operation Murambatsvina
one year later". This is an audit of the Government’s
compliance with the recommendations of the UN Special Envoy Ms Anna
Kajimulo Tibaijuka on Operation
Murambatsvina. A summary of this report is given below and highlights
the plight of people still affected by this "disastrous venture",
as described in the Tibaijuka report.
"An
analysis of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum legal cases 1998-2006".
In producing this report in June 2006, the Forum examined the civil
litigation it had undertaken in pursuit of compensatory damages
made on behalf of victims of organised violence and torture. Only
cases, which had progressed through the courts, were included. The
Forum contends that there is irrefutable proof of the violation
of the human rights of the victims whose cases have gone through
the courts and who have received judgement that such human rights
abuses do exist and have to be redressed.
"Only bruises on the soles of their
feet. The use of falanga by the Zimbabwe Republic Police".
Falanga is now widely reported as a form of torture and the report
will complement the Forum’s publication to be issued on the United
Nations International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2006 under
the title:
Visit the Zimbabwe
Human Rights NGO Forum fact
sheet
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