Thursday, 30 November 2017
Sunday, 26 November 2017
Friday, 24 November 2017
Saturday, 18 November 2017
Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with David Tredinnick MP Bosworth
Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with David Tredinnick MP Bosworth
Report by Olive Ruvimbo Ruzvidzo
On Friday the 17th of
November, Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) UK Chapter Midlands Branch members
Grace Makoni and Olive Rivimbo Ruzvidzo met MP David Tredinnick. The meeting
was organised as part of the ROHR Zimbabwe; “Meet Your MP Campaign”
David Tredinnick is the Member of
Parliament for Bosworth in Leicestershire. He is a Conservative and has been the MP for
Bosworth since 1987.
Upon arrival at his offices, he greeted us activists
with great excitement, as he was eager to hear about the situation on the
ground in Zimbabwe. There had been numerous events that had occurred in
Zimbabwe between the appointment was confirmed to date of the actual
appointment. (Let’s bear in mind, this meeting was held during the same week as
the Army Generals in Zimbabwe had begun executing the ‘peaceful’ transition of
power with the ZANU PF government (coup)).
MP David Tredinnick was very welcoming and we
greeted him in Shona and we promised to teach him more Shona words at future
meetings and gatherings. He was eager to help us, after he read our ROHR
Zimbabwe letter handed to him by Grace Makoni, he wanted to know more about the
initiative, ‘Meet YOUR MP CAMPAIGN.’
Letter handed over to MP David Tredinnick,
was asking him to take our concerns to parliament which included the following:
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The restoration of human rights in Zimbabwe
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The assessment made by Her Majesty Ambassador
(HMA) Catriona Laing that; ‘Zimbabwe is peaceful and she feels very safe,’
which was published in the state run newspaper, The Chronicle in 2015 at a time
when the Human Rights Watch was publishing a report on the various Human Rights
abuses occurring in the country, and Human Rights activists were being
kidnapped, tortured and killed.
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Even most recently in 2017 HMA Catriona Laing
in her 2017 Queen’s Birthday Party in Harare, she blatantly avoided speaking on
what the British government is doing to support the struggling and oppressed
Zimbabweans, but her speech was filled with optimism and shed good light on the
ZANU PF government.
In the discussion about our concerns with the
way Her Majesty’s Ambassador handling of the situation in Zimbabwe, Grace
Makoni and Olive Ruvimbo Ruzvidzo asked MP David Tredinnick to look into what
actions the UK government can take in ensuring there is a free & fair
election in Zimbabwe next year (2018). David is to follow this up in parliament
on behalf of her constituent and ROHR Zimbabwe.
The meeting ended with a photoshoot and the
handing over of a small parting gift of a DVD: Simon Wright directed
documentary titled: “Robert Mugabe. What
happened?”
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Sunday, 12 November 2017
ROHR Zimbabwe Manchester/Liverpool Monthly Branch Meeting - Liverpool
11th November 2017
ROHR Zimbabwe Manchester/Liverpool Monthly Branch Meeting held on the 11th November 2017 Report.
The branch meeting was held at: Liverpool Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
Opening
The general meeting of ROHR Zimbabwe UK Chapter Manchester Branch was called to order at 15:12 by Karen Nhakaniso, the branch chairperson.
Members Present
Karen Nhakaniso, Rufaro Zondesa, Farai Nhakaniso, Silvanos Mudzvova, Fortunate Sibanda, Petronella Mahachi, Gordon Changata, Weston Mupfururirwa, Thomas Machingauta and Sabelo Mpofu
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
ROHR Zimbabwe Meet Your Local MP Campaign
ROHR Zimbabwe Members meet Member of Parliament for Leigh; Jo Platt. As part of the campaign, "Meet Your Local MP," organised by Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe Manchester/Liverpool Branch).
The campaign is for each ROHR Zimbabwe Human Rights Activist to meet their MP, with the aim of hand delivering a letter requesting them along with their Westminster colleagues to address the continued worrisome and contradictory comments being made by U.K. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, HMA Catriona Laing CB.Who on several occasions since 2015 has been quoted supporting the ruling ZANU PF regime led by Mugabe, whilst the people of Zimbabwe suffer and have their human rights abused/violated ruthlessly.
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