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Concern over human rights abuse in Zimbabwe
Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)
May 20, 2008

OUTRAGED by the unprecedented, unwarranted and heinous politically motivated violence obtaining in our country,

NOTING with unreserved disappointment the appalling devaluation of our national foundation, values, human life through violence that has become the order of the day culminating in brutal wanton, maiming, abductions and beatings, the primitive and unjustifiable price Zimbabweans seemingly have to pay for their fundamental rights.

DEVOTED to the values of peace, stability, respect, democracy, love, human dignity, equality, security and observance of human rights, Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) wishes to:

URGE all political players to, as of yesteryear, desist from disrespect of human life and dignity, revive the goodwill with which the "Bread basket of Africa" had been built.

We CALL UPON the political stakeholders to examine their conscience and respect human dignity, observe the rule of law and allow democratic political transition by creating and observing necessary conditions.

We PLEAD with Zimbabweans at large, to remain committed to the values of peace and national healing through democratic means. We call upon them to reinforce the foundational and fundamental values of nationhood. The nation cannot afford the price of violence amid the prevailing economic malaise. Are Zimbabweans prepared to pay for this unwarranted ransom charge? Is the nation supposed to entangle its aspirations to the whims of politicians while our beloved kith and kin suffer xenophobic attacks in South Africa?

We the leaders, members of Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), residents of Harare and unarmed citizens of Zimbabwe unequivocally condemn the political principals of the apple polishing disgraceful malcontents bent on brewing mayhem and instability ahead of the oncoming Presidential run-off, which is a crucial political event that will shape the future of Zimbabwe.

"An eye for an eye makes the world blind"

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