The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay on Tuesday met Zimbabwe’s NGO Forum organisation together with prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai after meetings with the President of the Senate and local human rights organisations.
Tsvangirai met with Pillay, a day after President Robert Mugabe’s party, in a fragile three-year coalition government, insisted to the envoy there was no state-sponsored violence in the country.
Tsvangirai, who was a victim of torture himself said that he hoped the upcoming elections will be “free and fair and away from violence.” Pillay said she had raised many “areas of concern” on violence with Tsvangirai.
On Monday the civil society in the country had raised concern over the government’s change of the top UN diplomat’s schedule where it had excluded the CSOs coalition preferring to hire some Zanu (PF) affiliated individuals and organizations including the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) a black empowerment group which led a campaign for the indigenization of foreign owned companies, Chris Mutangadura a chief law officer in the Attorney general’s office who has been used by the state to prosecute most human rights defenders and perceived Zanu (PF) critics in the country and Goodson Nguni, a known Zanu (PF) activist.
The Civil Service Community which stood by their declaration had cowed not to attend Pillay’s meeting at Parliament as rescheduled by the government left the UN Human Rights boss without an option but to see the CSOs separately from the ‘stage managed’ one.
Addressing journalists after their meeting, the Director of NGO Forum Abel Chikomo said they had met and presented their side of the human rights situation in the country which the government ignored.
“The government was welcome if they wanted to sit in and listen to what we were saying to the high commissioner, because these are the things that we tell them every day, the only thing is that government has never cared to listen at list to do anything about what we tell them, in fact we were expecting that Mr Mangota was going to sit in the meeting, especially Mr Mangota because he attempted to disrupt our meeting with the high commissioner,” said Chikomo.
Meanwhile police are out in full force pursuing the high profile human rights defender Chikomo fir charges not yet known to him, he told journalists soon after their meeting with the United Nations’ Pillay at the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Offices in Harare. Chikomo said he had no idea why the police had been to his offices looking for him.
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Chinmirombiro chaamai vangu handikunaka mhani, kuzoti gongo ravo ndakariona vachigeza murwizi ahh amai vangu vanaro vanhu we.
Ini Bla Miki futi ndiribeche raamai vangu ndinovakwira kumukosha staera dzembwa ende kunaka pfuti amai vangu ndinumber one kumanure.
Be. che raamai vako, musatanyoko mwana wembwa uchandiona zvako l’ve just received your name and e-mail address. Uchaudza vamwe iwewe doozvi remdc that is if l give you that chance sun of a beach. Chibharanzi chako unoitira mai vako vakakudziidzisa kukwira mumvuri wavo.
Mr Editor uridofo remunhu mhani, sueing you and after that ndinokukwira futi.
Editor you know the above posts are not mine so why not delete. Sueing you or quiting this once educative and informative forum are some of the options left for me. Uchasara nemaNdex ako iwaya but this silly imposter is obviously an mdc and this is their behaviour, disguise as Zanu pf, beat, rape and steal in the name of Zanu when they are mda
Who ever is using my name please be ashamed of yourself, people use my name because of my association with the only party of integrity and honour zanu pf. Those people who use my name are weak and cowards for I will never change my allegiance and loyalty towards this examplary party of excellence which headed by the only true leader of african nationalism. But boyz ndakakwirwa najohn Nkomo ndichida imwe tender yebusiness rangu guys kadhara aka kanokwira. Izvi guys tese muzanu tinokwirana tichichengeta hupfumi amongst us saka we know kuti MDC ikapinda zvekukwirana nemabussiness deals edu zvinopera.
KaPillay aka ndinokakwira zanupf method kana kasingandizivi kakabuda macurry ekuIndia. Mahuman rights pakudii, nhai vatengesi hatimboda MDC is a sellout party.
Ndozvamuno funga vanhu vezanu munoda kuti iwin kangani mdc icharamba ichingowina kusvikira zvanaka mataurirwa chokwadi vanhu vezanu chokwadi chinorwadza ini handimbo kutukiyi ndicharamba ndichingotaura chokwdi hamudi kuti zvinhu zvinake munoda kuramba muchidzosera zvinhu kumashure mungangode kuramba muchidelaya but chokwadi ndechekuti mdc ichango win muchida musingadi
Ramai vako rinoridza muridzo, rakazara mazerere iwe imposter iwe. Itai zvehumbwa zvenyu zvekuisana kundove na Pillay wenyu iyeyo. We have an idea of what you mdc want to do. After an obvious damaging report from this childless Pillay, the government will be forced by the UN through SADC to postpond elections and give mdc another dance in government and that should Zanu pf ignore this call then NATO will chip in. MDC will never win an election in Zimbabwe. As the drama of Jacob Zuma’s paintings goes to court, it will be interesting to note to what extend does the human rights go to.
Mrs. Pillay w could have told you a long time ago – you cannot trust a shona savage! Tsangarai is no different to mugabe they are both shona idiots! So why do you even waste your time speaking to these uneducated useless shona idiots who have homosexual tendencies more so than any other African Tribe! Wake up and rather concentrate on other countries and let these shonas fight amongst each other. We don’t want a foreigner to come in to stop it now! Please stay out of their affairs and let them get on with it!
The heading shld be.’A SALEOUT GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AN AGENT OF HIS MASTERS’.Yes human rights is a new way of spear heading neo-colonialism.Iraq,libya etc.Manje murikunyangira yakasvinura.
Anonymous u ar the foolish imposter.lyng to be Bla Miki .We nw all knw what he stands for .Go on mak a fool of yourself lik a dull downsyndrome infected child.uri mbwa
Ah bla miki for once ari right
Homophobia will not make the zanu catastrophic failure in governance go away. Be as homophobic as you like and see if it will win any votes. The voters will still give zanu the long deserved boot.
You idiot, stop being an impostor you are not Cde Miki.
Vanhu vezanu munongo manyira kutaura zveungochani imi muparty menyu ndimo makazara ngochani vanaJonathan moyo vanofemera kumasure kwevamwe varume asi munoswera muchingo nyomba vanhu veMDC tangai magadzirisa ngochani dzemuparty menyu mozonongedzera vamwe.
munoti hungochani ndiwo mahuman rights here? To hell with u !
ndiko kuti nyika ikoko.conflicts and violence is wht precipitates efforts 2 negotiate and persude
useless who iz chamatama.to hell wth u
Chematama wafara ka? Kikiki!