1)SADC journalists have written to Pres @CyrilRamaphosa imploring him, as AU chairman, to ensure President, @edmnangagwa & Zimbabwe, appear before the African Court on Human & Peoples' Rights for human rights violations, specifically on account of the abduction of Tawanda
2) Muchehiwa @TeeMuchehiwa & the continued incarceration of @daddyhope. They wrote : "* We will support the launch of a matter on the trials and tribulations of the journalists and writers in Zimbabwe, in the The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights."
3) They also pleaded with Pres @CyrilRamaphosa to
"* ensure the release of all journalists & writers held in Zimbabwe" & to "* hold Zimbabwe accountable at the AU for the agreements that they have ratified regarding human rights, but honour only in the breach."
"* ensure the release of all journalists & writers held in Zimbabwe" & to "* hold Zimbabwe accountable at the AU for the agreements that they have ratified regarding human rights, but honour only in the breach."
4)The journos reminded Pres @CyrilRamaphosa that he promised to anchor his presidency & AU chairmanship on "reverence and respect for human rights," therefore he had to ensure that Zimbabwe respected the African Charter on Human & People's Rights.They wrote : "As the Chair of the
5)AU & one of the drafters of the SA Const,we call on u to act in the spirit of our Const provisions contained in Sec161a -that protect the Right to Know & the Right to Freedom of Expression;& the AU Charter 4 Human Rights,in particular Articles 6&14 which Zim signed & ratified."
