Zimbabwe - Abduction of Jestina Mukoko
posted by impuku | 14.12.2008 23:10
Jestina Mukoko was abducted on the 3rd of December in Harare and she is still missing. See the Front Line report:
http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1660
http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1660
PRESS RELEASE from the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has been following the steadily deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe for some time, with growing concern about the steady erosion of the welfare and safety of the Zimbabwean people, and the failure of Zimbabwean political leaders to resolve the crisis. Space for democratic organizing and freedom of speech has been lost, and people’s livelihoods and access to health, water, and education have been swept away. Sanctions have worsened what was already an untenable situation for the majority of people. Girls and women are especially targeted for sexual abuse, and yet the world looks on without taking coherent steps to stop the violence now, as well as the injustice and inequalities underlying these events.
We wish to express our concern and outrage about the worsening situation in Zimbabwe, and particular alarm at the recent abduction of Jestina Mukoko, a human rights defender from the Zimbabwe Peace Project.
We condemn the failure of Zimbabwean political leaders on all sides to resolve the crisis. We demand that they provide leadership now or step aside to allow the people of Zimbabwe space to find new solutions on how to rebuild their lives and country.
We further condemn the failure of Southern African and African Union leaders to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe and fear that the people of Africa can no longer count on these bodies and those in leadership in our continent.
We also condemn the ‘Big Powers’ whose multinational corporations continue to plunder the natural resources of Zimbabwe while their government leaders talk on and on, doing nothing to save the lives and livelihoods of the Zimbabwean women and men and children.
We pledge solidarity with Zimbabweans who say:
o Form a legitimate government - end the human suffering NOW
o Provide safe and accessible water, food, medical care NOW!
o Stop the war on women’s bodies NOW!
o Free Jestina Mukoko and other human rights defenders NOW!
o Give Zimbabwe back to its people NOW!
Issued by TGNP,
Usu Mallya,
Executive Director
051208
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has been following the steadily deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe for some time, with growing concern about the steady erosion of the welfare and safety of the Zimbabwean people, and the failure of Zimbabwean political leaders to resolve the crisis. Space for democratic organizing and freedom of speech has been lost, and people’s livelihoods and access to health, water, and education have been swept away. Sanctions have worsened what was already an untenable situation for the majority of people. Girls and women are especially targeted for sexual abuse, and yet the world looks on without taking coherent steps to stop the violence now, as well as the injustice and inequalities underlying these events.
We wish to express our concern and outrage about the worsening situation in Zimbabwe, and particular alarm at the recent abduction of Jestina Mukoko, a human rights defender from the Zimbabwe Peace Project.
We condemn the failure of Zimbabwean political leaders on all sides to resolve the crisis. We demand that they provide leadership now or step aside to allow the people of Zimbabwe space to find new solutions on how to rebuild their lives and country.
We further condemn the failure of Southern African and African Union leaders to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe and fear that the people of Africa can no longer count on these bodies and those in leadership in our continent.
We also condemn the ‘Big Powers’ whose multinational corporations continue to plunder the natural resources of Zimbabwe while their government leaders talk on and on, doing nothing to save the lives and livelihoods of the Zimbabwean women and men and children.
We pledge solidarity with Zimbabweans who say:
o Form a legitimate government - end the human suffering NOW
o Provide safe and accessible water, food, medical care NOW!
o Stop the war on women’s bodies NOW!
o Free Jestina Mukoko and other human rights defenders NOW!
o Give Zimbabwe back to its people NOW!
Issued by TGNP,
Usu Mallya,
Executive Director
051208
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