{"id":672,"date":"2017-09-23T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T11:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rohrzim.org\/?p=672"},"modified":"2018-07-12T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:47:24","slug":"rohr-zimbabwe-take2zimbabwe-midlands-report-17-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/23\/rohr-zimbabwe-take2zimbabwe-midlands-report-17-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"ROHR Zimbabwe – Take2Zimbabwe Midlands Report – 17 June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

17th<\/sup> June 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday 17th<\/sup> June 2017, Zimbabwean and friends of Zimbabwe activists based in the United Kingdom came together, to speak in one voice against the injustice and misrule by Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF led Zimbabwean government. This was another event, amongst many that have increased over the years, as Human Right Activists gather together all over the globe creating campaigns and forums on how to get the message across to the international committee of Mugabe\u2019s Human Right violations.<\/p>\n

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Human Rights Activists Leicester City Centre 17.06.2017. More pictures can be found at: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rohr_zimbabwe__manchester\/albums\/72157685279354156\/with\/34630984124\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

One such campaign called #Take2Zimbabwe, birthed by Zimbabwe Human Right Organisation (ZHRO) saw them partnering with Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe (ROHR Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe Citizen’s Initiative (ZCI) \u00a0and other such organisations in an event in Leicester on 17 June 2017. Previous events have been held in London, Birmingham (see video posted by BhanditiTV https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vq_0ahhDhOg<\/a>) and Manchester.<\/p>\n

The event took place in the Jubilee Square and brought Zimbabweans from all over UK. It was managed by the ROHR Midlands Branch and began with several public relations initiatives.<\/p>\n

The first was a discussion on Nakai Media on the 15th<\/sup> of June, a social media channel, which saw ZHRO, ROHR Zimbabwe, ZCI, ZAPU and Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BZA) represented in the discussion. (see Part One of the discussion video: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/www.nakaimedia.org\/videos\/277381246066454\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Nakai Media is owned by the Grace Mupfurutsa, popularly known as Tete Rasta, who is also an activist in her own right and a founder member of ROHR Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

The panel saw big wigs within human rights and also representation from Zimbabwe political parties, all who were expressing their revolt against the unconstitutional human rights violations in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

\"\"On Saturday the 17th of June 2017, Zimbabweans congregated in the Jubilee Square for a peaceful protest to express that:<\/p>\n