{"id":815,"date":"2020-01-07T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T11:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/?p=815"},"modified":"2020-01-07T11:45:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T11:45:29","slug":"no-to-police-brutality-protest-saturday-21st-april-2018-in-nottingham-uk-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/no-to-police-brutality-protest-saturday-21st-april-2018-in-nottingham-uk-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo to Police brutality Protest\u201d – Saturday 21st April 2018 in Nottingham, UK – Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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21st<\/sup> April 2018,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nthe 21st of April 2018 members of Restoration Of Human Rights Zimbabwe (ROHR)\nheld a demonstration in Nottingham City Centre in protest against President\nMnangagwa and his ruling party Zanu PF for the human rights violations that\nhave been perpetrated against the Zimbabwean people since he took office on the\n24th of November 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High\non the list of grievances was the firing of at least 15 thousand nurses on the\n17th of April 2018. These nurses were striking for better pay and better\nworking conditions and the government chose instead to not address their issues\nbut rather fire them and start hiring inexperienced nurses and retirees in the\nnursing profession. The health system in Zimbabwe is ailing and this move by\nthe government only serves to exacerbate the situation further. While\ngovernment officials seek their medical treatment from countries like South\nAfrica they expect everyone else in the country to make do with the poor\nmedical treatment that is being offered in the government hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nZimbabweans we are aggrieved by the many instances that the government have\nignored the plight of the Zimbabwean people and have made decisions that are\ndetrimental to not only the economy but to the lives of all the Zimbabweans who\ncannot afford private medical care. Some ROHR members raised the issues that\nwere of concern to them;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicolate\nGwati highlighted the issue of the $15billion diamond revenue that was stolen\nand was asking President Mnangagwa to ensure that this amount is returned as it\nis needed for the restoration of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillian\nNleya highlighted the shooting of the three civilian people that occurred on\nthe 22nd of February and noted that nothing has yet been done apprehend the\nperpetrator. She also highlighted the issue of child labour in the tobacco\nfarms as raised by the recently released report by Human Right Watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weston\nMupfururirwa highlighted that the nurses, teachers and doctors\u2019 salaries were\nvery low and that the government should improve these salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delina\nMutyambizi raised the issue of Vice President Kembo Mohadi seeking medical help\nin South Africa instead of receiving it in Zimbabwe and she pointed out that\nthe government should fix the issues with health system in Zimbabwe instead of\nthe government officials seeking medical assistance in other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace\nMakoni was concerned that people were dying in the hospitals as a result of the\ndecisions made by government and she likened this to Gukurahundi but only that\nthis was a silent killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olive\nRuvimbo Ruzvidzo highlighted the fact that trucks and cars were bought by the\ngovernment but that this money could have allocated to keys areas in the\ncountry that are depleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\nDouglas Kambarami highlighted the fact that the government bought cars for the\ntraditional chiefs and yet there are no ambulances in the hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradzai\nMapfumo made a special note about Itai Dzamara who has been missing since the\n9th of March 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite\nPresident Mnangagwa\u2019s assurances that a new day has come for Zimbabwe since his\ninauguration the reality is that not much has changed for the common man in\nZimbabwe and this cannot be allowed to continue. We urge President Mnangagwa to\nstamp out corruption in his government, to stop subjecting the citizens to\nmilitary rule, for him and his government to respect the Constitution and to\nput the needs of the Zimbabwean people at the forefront of all the government\ndecisions and actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Present\nfor the demonstration were Nicolate Gwati, Tsungirirai Kahiya, Olive Ruvimbo\nRuzvidzo, Grace Makoni, Marian Mangani, Weston Mupfururirwa, Lillian Nleya, Evy\nMuyezwa, Douglas Kambarami, Florence Mangisi, Zanele Ncube, Delina Mutyambizi, Paradzai\nMapfumo, Phyl Chibanguza, Nunurai Machakaire, Shepherd Goro and Precious Moyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To view pictures taken at the event, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: Information & Publicity Department<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21st April 2018, On the 21st of April 2018 members of Restoration Of Human Rights Zimbabwe (ROHR) held a demonstration in Nottingham City Centre in protest against President Mnangagwa and his ruling party Zanu PF for the human rights violations that have been perpetrated against the Zimbabwean people since he took office on the 24th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}