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Berry Bickle "Summary of Events" (Zimbabwe)
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Article 8: Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal
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520 x 425mm silkscreen 607 x 428mm paper size
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| As much as the people of Zimbabwe have the right to medicine, they also have the right to other basic necessities like food, sanitary products as well as deciding who governs their country. While the battle for the release of the Zimbabwean election results on the world watches to see the out come. |
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Article 8: Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law
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| In a hand written statement, represented as a ‘summary of events’, is found a depth of individual suffering. The victims of the Matebeleland atrocities have been acknowledged nor compensated, some 15 years after the events, chronicled in ‘Breaking the Silence’ - building true peace. Zimbabwe will never heal the wounds of these atrocities until a system of Justice, enshrined within a constitution can protect a civilian population against the marauding effects of political power turned against it’s own people. |
| Source material: Breaking the Silence – building true peace. A report on the disturbances in Matebeleland and the Midlands 1980 to 1988. The Catholic commission for justice and Peace in Zimbabwe. |
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