Opposition Party Accuses Govt of Retraumatising Gukurahundi Survivors, Demands End to Hearings - Zimbabwe Situation

Opposition party accuses Govt of retraumatising Gukurahundi survivors, demands end to hearings - Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Opposition party accuses Govt of retraumatising Gukurahundi survivors, demands end to hearings – CITEZW   The recently formed political party, the (Original) Zimbabwe African People’s Union (O-ZAPU), has strongly condemned the ongoing Gukurahundi hearings, calling them “flawed” and demanding a halt to the process, which they argue only revives painful memories for survivors. Speaking during a community meeting held in the Katasa area of …

Gukurahundi Hearings Slammed as Secretive and Potentially Flawed by Rights Group - Gambakwe Media

The controversial Gukurahundi hearings led by traditional chiefs have come under fire from rights activists and victims’ groups, who say the process lacks transparency and risks whitewashing decades of state atrocities.Local advocacy group Ibhetshu Likazulu expressed serious concerns about the ongoing hearings, which were launched last week in parts of Matabeleland and are intended to give victims of the 1980s massacres a platform to testify.The…

Gukurahundi hearings secrecy will deliver flawed outcome, group warns - Zimbabwe News Now

BULAWAYO – The secrecy surrounding the government-initiated Gukurahundi public hearings could yield a flawed outcome, according to Ibhetshu Likazulu, a local pressure group. Traditional chiefs last week began convening meetings where victims of the 1980s mass killings in Matabeleland and Midlands are expected to testify. It remains unclear what President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government wants out of the process, but a decision to bar journalists …