What happened in Matebeleland, should never happen again in future. Hence the reason why it is open to anyone to freely take part or get involved in it to ensure that JUSTICE for the Victims of that Evil Genocide (Gukurahundi) and Heinous Crimes Against Humanity prevails.
"OURS IS A CLEAR, SINGLE MISSION CALLING FOR JUSTICE TO BE DONE":
"That both the British Parliament's Houses of Commons and of Lords, RECOGNISE, ACCEPT and ENACT that, in Matebeleland and Midlands Provinces - Zimbabwe, there was GENOCIDE (Gukurahundi) and HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY".
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ZHRO joined up with ZAPU UK to hand in a petition seeking the recognition of Gukurahundi atrocities on Thursday 19 July 2018.
The big wave of executions of civilians in Matabeleland between 1983 and 1987 is the worst case of human rights violations in Zimbabwe.
The petitioners met at the Zimbabwe Embassy on Thursday 19 July 2018 and marched to number 10 handing out Gukurahundi awareness leaflets on their way to deliver the petition to number 10 Downing Street. The petition was handed in by Arthur Assa Molife of Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and Matebeleland Gukurahundi Victims (MGVDA), Sibongile Bvungidzire of ZAPU, Rashiwe Bayisayi of ZHRO and Charity Ndebele of (1893 MHRRM): 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement.
"This is a crime against humanity - and it is time to bring the culprits to justice - not to embrace them," said Rashiwe Bayisayi.
"We want the British government to acknowledge that those responsible for the massacre of 1983-1987 in Matabeleland are among the highest officials of the Zimbabwean regime and continue to use violence against what they see as dissidents. Bringing those responsible for this great crime to humanity is essential to prevent a repeat of these heinous crimes and crimes against humanity. The U.K. government and the entire international community has a shared responsibility to this effect," said Arthur Molife.
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Calls for prosecution of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and co-conspirators for genocide
Washington, DC and Capetown, South Africa
16 September 2010
Genocide Watch, Chair of the International Campaign to End Genocide, based in Washington, DC and Capetown, South Africa, today called for prosecution of President Robert Mugabe and other Zimbabwean leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity for the “Gukurahundi,” the mass murder of over 20,000 Matabele citizens of Zimbabwe in 1983 and 1984.
“There is no statute of limitations for genocide or crimes against humanity,” said Dr. Gregory Stanton, President of Genocide Watch. “We campaigned for over thirty years to bring the leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia to justice for genocide and crimes against humanity, and they are finally on trial. We call upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct a full investigation of the Gukurahundi, with the aim of establishing a mixed UN — Zimbabwean Tribunal to put Mugabe and his co-perpetrators on trial for their crimes. They think they have gotten away with mass murder. It is time to end such impunity in Zimbabwe.”
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REPORT ON THE 1980's DISTURBANCES MATABELELAND S THE MIDLANDS Compiled by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, March 1997
"It is also acknowledged that since Independence, Matabeleland and the Midlands are not the only parts of the country to have suffered as the result of internal disturbances. In the late 1980s, there were human rights abuses in the eastern districts of the country, as a result of MNR bandit activity. The South African-backed, Mozambique-based MNR bandits were responsible for serious human rights abuses, particularly in Mount Darwin in the north east of Zimbabwe and in Chipinge in the south east, from 1988 onwards. While these abuses involved only small areas of the country, their effects were extremely harsh for those civilians involved. Scores of innocent people in this region were murdered, mutilated, or had to live with daily insecurity as a result of this conflict."
Read more: Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, March 1997