ROHR ZIMBABWE UK CHAPTER NORTHERN BRANCH CHRISTMAS MEETING PROGRAMME

16 December 2017

ROHR ZIMBABWE UK CHAPTER

NORTHERN BRANCH

CHRISTMAS MEETING PROGRAMME

OPENING

1. OPENING

1.Welcome

2. Housekeeping

3. Handover to chair to start meeting

2. AGENDA 1

Introduction of ROHR Zimbabwe and a summary of what has been achieved in 2017.

-invite comments from representatives of the different branches

I. Northern branch 

II. Midlands branch 

III. London branch

3. AGENDA 2

Announcement  on the Bail for Detention (lawyers)

••To give all the information gathered on free solicitors and services unavailable to members of ROHR

4.  AGENDA 4

Letter to your MP  campaign presentation

1. Which MPs have been presented with the letter
2. Comments from MP’s
3. Way  forward
4. 
   

5. AOB & CLOSING

1. Prayer and give directions for the party venue

ROHR Zimbabwe Meet your MP Join us on 16 Dec in Manchester

Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with Keith Vaz MP Leicester East

Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with Keith Vaz MP Leicester East

Report by Vincent Mwase

On Friday the 08^th of December, Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe UK Chapter Midlands Branch members Vincent Mwase, Kauza Mugarisanwa, Tsungi Kahiya, Lenny Banda met MP Keith Vaz. The meeting was organised as part of the ROHR Zimbabwe; “Meet Your MP Campaign”

Keith Vaz is the Member of Parliament for Leicester East. He is a Labour Party politician and is the British Parliament’s longest-serving British Asian MP.

I met my local MP Keith Vaz at his offices with my fellow Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe members.

In the meeting with Keith Vaz MP, we discussed the current political situation in Zimbabwe and the way forward for a free, just and democratic Zimbabwe. Keith Vaz MP agreed the situation in Zimbabwe needs international intervention which he has and will continue to bring up in parliament.

In our presence, Keith Vaz MP wrote a letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Boris Johnson and attached my Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe letter. He promised to keep myself and colleagues updated with any correspondence he will receive from the foreign office.

The meeting was concluded with Keith Vaz posing for pictures with us.

To view more ‘Meet Your MP Campaign pictures follow link below:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohr_zimbabwe__manchester/albums/72157666203400169

Report Written by: Vincent Mwase

Member ROHR Zimbabwe UK Chapter Midlands Branch 

Get the issue of Human Rights in Zimbabwe back in Westminster -Meet your MP

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Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with Jack Brereton MP Stoke-on-Trent South Report by Zanele Ncube

Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with Jack Brereton MP Stoke-on-Trent South

Report by Zanele Ncube

On Friday the 01^st of December, Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) UK Chapter Manchester/Liverpool Branch member Zanele Ncube met MP Jack Brereton. The meeting was organised as part of the ROHR Zimbabwe; “Meet Your MP Campaign”

Jack Brereton is the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South. He is  a Conservative party member. 

I met my local MP Jack Brereton at this offices and was very pleased by how welcoming he was. “Would I get this sort of welcoming, if I requested to meet a politician in Zimbabwe?” I wondered.

In the meeting, I elaborated on the contents of my Restoration of Human Rights letter that outlines the reason why myself and other Human Right Activists are clearly upset and requesting immediate action be taken by the UK government against Her Majesty’s Ambassador (HMA) to Zimbabwe – Catriona Laing.

Jack Brereton MP, was shocked and did not shy away at expressing his concerns towards the facts that were put forward in the letter about HMA Catriona Laing and how this had gone undetected by the international media.

We also discussed the “coup that was not a coup” and the new President Mnangagwa. Jack Brereton MP made it clear that from this point of view, it’s far to early for Zimbabweans and the world to celebrate the appointment of President Mnangagwa, as no-one really knows if he is going to be any different from Robert Mugabe. We agreed on this point, after I pointed out during Mugabe’s 37 years in power, his right-hand man was Mnangagwa, hence his hands are just as bloody as Robert Mugabe’s and simply put: the corrupt and abusive ZANUPF is still the party in power.

The meeting was concluded with Jack Brereton MP stating he will present my letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

To view more ‘Meet Your MP Campaign pictures follow link below:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohr_zimbabwe__manchester/albums/72157666203400169

Report Written by: Zanele Ncube

Fundraising Committee Member ROHR Zimbabwe UK Chapter Manchester/Liverpool Branch