By Chiedza Muswe
United Nations Human Rights Council’s statement to Zimbabwe has been castigated for being partisan in their stance over the alleged abductions.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday issued a statement to Zimbabwe titled ‘UN experts demand an immediate end to abductions and torture’, where UN human rights experts called on Zimbabwe to immediately end a reported pattern of disappearances and torture that appear aimed at suppressing protests and dissent.
The UNHRC called on Zimbabwean authorities to “urgently prosecute and punish the perpetrators of this outrageous crime, and to immediately enforce a policy of ‘zero tolerance’ for abductions and torture throughout the country” to ensure the effective protection of women against sexual violence, and to bring those responsible to account.
The Minister of Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe already addressed the issue and directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police to investigate the issue of the three abducted ladies.
“I have ordered the Commissioner-General of police to launch an investigation to establish what transpired, who did what, and the motive behind the actions,” said Minister Kazembe Kazembe.
Meanwhile, political analysts have come out castigating the UN stance saying that Zimbabwe is a sovereign state and did not need to be dictated to.
“It seems the USA is using its position as the biggest funder in the UN, to arm-twist it to add its voice against the Zimbabwean Government over an investigation that is still being carried out, in order to discredit government efforts to get to the bottom of the abduction case. By adding the voice of the UN, the USA is strengthening its position to destabilise the country and make it ungovernable through supporting the MDCA’s destructive tendencies.
“Government of Zimbabwe indicated that it would leave no stone unturned in the investigation of the alleged abductions, therefore the UN is not justified when it came out demanding an investigation that is already underway,” he said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, recently summoned US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols and told him that U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien’s allegations were “false, without any factual foundation whatsoever after he claimed that Zimbabwe is one of several "foreign adversaries" seeking to “sow discord” and try to damage democracy in Washington.
Yesterday President Mnangagwa urged people to refuse to be divided by vigilantes who are hired by hostile foreign governments to distract the country from its quest to grow its economy and improve the quality of lives for all, in peace, unity and love.
