Zimbabwe

Kimberley Process: Zimbabwe Action Mars Credibility

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:12 -0800

(Johannesburg) - The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today.

Kimberley Process: Suspend Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:01:01 -0700

Letter to South African Minister of Mineral Resources in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

Ms. Susan Shabangu
Minister of Mineral Resources

Dear Minister Shabangu,

I am writing in advance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary session in Swakopmund, Namibia next week to encourage South Africa to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the KPCS.

Letter to Indian Minister for External Affairs and Ambassador to Zimbabwe in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

S. M. Krishna
Minister of External Affairs
Government of India
New Delhi

Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok
Embassy of India
Harare
Zimbabwe

Dear Minister Krishna and Ambassador Ashok,

Letter to Belgian Vice-Prime Minister and Finance Minister in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

Mr. Didier Reynders
Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Bruxelles

Dear Minister Reynders,

I am writing in advance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary session in Swakopmund, Namibia next week to encourage Belgium to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the KPCS.

Zimbabwe: Hold the Line

Jon Elliott — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0700

The Europeans have spoken. After a recent high-profile visit of European Union officials to Harare, the EU said it will not lift targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe and that it was premature to resume development aid to a country that had not made needed reforms.

False Dawn

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:45:00 -0700

This 20-page report highlights the transitional government's lack of progress in rights reforms in the six months since it was created.

False Dawn

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:41:00 -0700

False Dawn

The Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government’s Failure to Deliver Human Rights Improvements

I. Introduction

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SADC: Press Zimbabwe to Implement Rights Reforms

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:01:00 -0700

(Johannesburg) - Southern African leaders should press Zimbabwe's power-sharing government to end ongoing human rights violations and to implement legal reforms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Heads of state from members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are holding a summit meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on September 7 and 8, 2009.

Zimbabwe: Military Sustains Grip on Diamond Fields

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:33:26 -0700

(Johannesburg) - Zimbabwe has failed to remove its armed forces from the diamond fields in Marange and to end related human rights abuses there, Human Rights Watch said today. As a result, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) should suspend Zimbabwe immediately.