Zimbabwe: 700,000 forcibly evicted still ignored five years on
Zimbabwe: 700,000 forcibly evicted still ignored five years on 18 May 2010 AI Index: PRE01/158/2010 The government of Zimbabwe must take action to protect hundreds of thousands of people left to survive in substandard settlements five years after a program of mass forced evictions, Amnesty International Zimbabwe and a coalition of partners said today. Amnesty International and the Coalition Against Forced Evictions are calling on the government to provide adequate alternative accommodation or compensation to those left homeless and jobless. “It is a scandal that five years on, victims are left to survive in plastic shacks without basic essential services. The needs of these victims are at risk of being forgotten because their voices are consistently ignored,” said Amnesty International Zimbabwe’s director Cousin Zilala. On 18 May 2005 the government of Zimbabwe began demolishing ...