Category Archives: Press reports
No Exit Visas but Critics Beware – Zimbabwe Justice Minister
Voice of America – news Justice Minister Patrick Chinimasa denied Thursday in an interview with VOA that the government intends to introduce exit visas for citizens wishing to travel abroad. Mr. Chinimasa said a constitutional amendment recently passed by parliament and signed into law by President Robert Mugabe allows the government to seize passports from […]
President Mugabe, Headed for UN, Signs Disputed Amendments into Law
Voice of America – news News that Zimbabwe had been granted a reprieve by the International Monetary Fund to settle its debt arrears was overshadowed Monday by word that President Robert Mugabe had meanwhile signed into law a controversial bill amending the constitution to nationalize all farmland and empower the government to restrict foreign travel. […]
Zimbabwe’s most oppressive bill set to pass next Tuesday
SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda Despite serious objections from the MDC, ZANU PF steamrollered another repressive bill through its first two readings in parliament. The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill has been described as the greatest challenge yet to Zimbabweans’ liberties. The two sides locked horns in parliament this week in a debate on […]
Zimbabwe Criticized for Planning Restrictions on Travel
Peta Thornycroft, Harare Zmbabwe civil rights advocates blasted the government’s proposed constitutional amendments that would, among other things, curtail the right of people to travel within the country and abroad. The government says the limit on travel is in public interest. President Robert Mugabe’s government says the constitutional amendment to restrict peoples’ movements is a […]
Zimbabwe Criticized for Planning Restrictions on Travel
By Peta Thornycroft Harare – Zmbabwe civil rights advocates blasted the government’s proposed constitutional amendments that would, among other things, curtail the right of people to travel within the country and abroad. The government says the limit on travel is in public interest. President Robert Mugabe’s government says the constitutional amendment to restrict peoples’ movements […]
Crimes against humanity: Zimbabwe
University of New South Wales Zimbabwe’s Shadow Justice Minister, David Coltart, has called for Australia’s help to indict President Robert Mugabe for crimes against humanity. He warned that without international intervention, the current demolition campaign in Zimbabwe could turn to genocide. Mr Coltart was speaking at a briefing hosted by the Australian Human Rights Centre […]
You can help Zimbabwe says opposition MP
Sydneyanglicans.net An opposition MP challenging the policies of Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is calling on Sydney Anglicans to help fight the abuse of human rights. The spokesperson on justice and legal affairs for the Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Mr David Coltart, spoke at St Swithun’s, Pymble, on Friday night, asking the diocese to […]
Zimbabwe opposition calls for Australian support
ABC Online Presenter: Liam Bartlett Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has called on Australia to use its influence with the United States, Britain and Asia to indict dictator Robert Mugabe for crimes against humanity. David Coltart is the spokesperson for justice from the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe is currently touring the Eastern States of […]
New Zealand earn plaudits for taking stand against corrupt Zimbabwe
The Daily Telegraph 11th July 2005 By Kate Hoey In Bulawayo, just a short walk from the Matatabeleland cricket ground I watched as security police forced the poor to knock down their own homes. Further north and within a few yards of the the Mashonaland Cricket Association’s home ground, Harare Sports Club, I saw families […]
Homeless and hopeless: bulldozers carve out a bleak new reality for poor Zimbabweans
The Guardian In a special report from Harare, Duncan Campbell witnesses Mugabe’s drive to clear the makeshift homes of hundreds of thousands of people The giant prehistoric Balancing Rocks that stand 10 miles from the centre of Harare are one of the great symbols of Zimbabwe, etched on to banknotes and pictured in every tourist […]