Support the People of Zimbabwe

To:  AU, SADC heads of state

NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT, THE FUTURE OF ZIMBABWE IS AT STAKE

Zimbabweans fight while SADC Watches in Silence: A Call to Action

We represent the many people within SADC who believe in a lasting and democratic solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe. We issue this open letter to all citizens of this region, and in particular to our heads of state and government, members of parliament in the respective countries and senior leaders within the SADC and African Union Secretariats asking them to take urgent action to end the crisis in Zimbabwe.

We learned with shock and dismay of the Zimbabwe state's attack on its citizens on Sunday 11 March 2007, which resulted in the death of Gift Tandare and the brutal beating and unlawful detention of key opposition party and civic leaders including Morgan Tsvangirai, Grace Kwinjeh, Lovemore Madhuku and Sekai Holland. We were horrified to learn that this action took place at a peaceful prayer meeting. The detention of these and dozens of others from civil society organizations, without access to legal counsel and appropriate medical attention, is cause for great concern.

We are outraged that not a single state within SADC and the AU has issued a statement decrying the situation and calling for the restoration of, and respect for, human rights in Zimbabwe.

For almost a decade the people of Zimbabwe have suffered under the unjust regime of Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party. Freedom of expression and assembly have been severely curtailed, virtually all independent media outlets have been shut down, and thousands of people have been dispossessed by an increasingly desperate party and its ruler.

For many years Zimbabwean activists have mounted protest actions and demonstrations, and have made it clear to the world that they aspire to live in a democratic state. Using non-violent means, the people of Zimbabwe have used all legitimate structures at their disposal: the courts, their parliament and the media, with little or no effect.

Today, in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, we, the people of this region, must say that enough is enough. Our governments cannot continue to ignore this situation. Millions of Zimbabweans are displaced and are no longer able to live in their once prosperous nation. Millions more within Zimbabwe are hungry, sick and unable to access basic services.

If action is not taken now at the highest levels, there will be blood on the hands of all those states whose silence has aided and abetted Mugabe¹s regime. The time for a softly-softly approach -­ if there ever was one - is over.

Those who defend Mugabe imply that his opponents seek to overthrow the Mugabe regime. This is simply untrue. We firmly believe that the future of Zimbabwe lies in the hands of Zimbabweans themselves. The future of Zimbabwe lies in national constitutional talks, internationally supervised free and fair elections and a return to the respect of human rights principles. The role of the regional and continental community is to facilitate this process.

We therefore demand regional and continental intervention to ensure that:
1. Freedom of assembly, expression, opinion and association are respected;
2. The media are allowed to operate freely;
3. The looming humanitarian crisis that prevents Zimbabweans from accessing basic social services including food security, health care, water and sanitation, be averted.

We therefore urgently call upon all heads of state and government in SADC to ensure the following:
1. An independent investigation into the death of Gift Tandare on 11 March 2007 following the police shooting in Highfield;
2. The release of all political detainees in custody since the prayer meeting on 11 March 2007;
3. Provision of quality medical attention to all those in custody;
4. Access to legal counsel by all those in custody;
5. The immediate discharge of all those in detention in recognition of the fact that their arrest and detention signaled an abuse of power as they exercised internationally recognized rights to assemble and express their opinions.

Furthermore, we strongly urge that African governments use bilateral and multilateral means such as the SADC, African Union and the United Nations to urgently appoint and dispatch a high-level team of eminent persons to:

1. Assess the situation on the ground in order to prevent more shootings and harm to the general public,
2. Develop a sustainable and inclusive diplomatic solution to the crisis;
3. Support the holding of all-party inclusive talks which allow Zimbabweans to determine their own future including through the holding of free and fair elections that are internationally supervised and in which there is democratic control of electoral institutions and processes.

NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT, THE FUTURE OF ZIMBABWE IS AT STAKE!

Bradburne Guthrie (South Africa)
Charles Ndungu (Kenya)
Frank Guthrie (South Africa)
!Nara Training Centre (Namibia)
Abbe, Jean-Pierre Badidike (DRC)
Abigail Booth (Kenya)
ACET-RDC (DRC)
ACIDH (DRC)
ActionAid - Zimbabwe
Adérito Diogo (Angola)
ADEV (DRC)
Advocate Heidi Barnes (South Africa)
Advocate Howard Varney (South Africa)
Advocate Wim Trengove (South Africa)
AEMAPRI ( DRC)
Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP)
Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)
Agostinho Chicaia (Angola)
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)
AIDS Care Education and Training (ACET) (DRC)
AJ Edge (South Africa)
Albertina da Rosa (Cape Verde)
Alex de Comarmond (Namibia)
Alexandra Gamito (Angola)
Alexious Zindoga (Zimbabwe)
Alfred Tsheboeng (Botswana)
Alfredo Binda (Mozambique)
Alfredo Limbombo (Mozambique)
Alinah Segobye (Botswana)
Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) (South Africa)
Amalia Shipingana (Namibia)
Amnesty International South Africa
Amnesty International Zambia
Amnesty International, UCT (South Africa)
Amon Ngavetene (Namibia)
Amor de Fátima Mateus (Angola)
Ana Leao (Portugal and Mozambique)
Ana Milovanovic (South Africa)
Anarkaly Serviços de Línguas (LDA) (Mozambique)
Andile Sokomani (South Africa)
Andre Jaime Calengo (Mozambique)
Andre Standing (South Africa)
Andrew Faull (South Africa)
Angela Tranter (South Africa)
Annatolia Chimunye (Zimbabwe)
Anne Graupner (South Africa)
Annette Hübschle (South Africa)
Anthony Kanyakula Tambatamba (Zambia)
Anti-War Coalition (South Africa)
Anton Harber (South Africa)
António A. da Silva Francisco (Mozambique)
António Madureira (Angola)
António Ventura (Angola)
Apollo Film Festival (South Africa)
Arminda Zandamela (Mozambique)
ASADHO (DRC)
Associação Angolana de Luta contra a Sida (AALS) (Angola)
Associação Luta pela Vhida (LPV) (Angola)
Barbara Klugman (South Africa)
Basilia Ngairo (Namibia)
Bee Walford (South Africa)
Benedito Kayeca (Angola)
Benedito Ngomane (Mozambique)
Benjamin D. Boyd (South Africa)
Bento Valente Sitoe (Mozambique)
Bernedette Muthien (South Africa)
Bertchen Kohrs (Namibia)
Beryl Unterhalter (South Africa)
BEST (DRC)
Betty Sombe (Zambia)
Big Issue Namibia
Birgit Schwarz (South Africa)
Bishop Paul Verryn (South Africa)
Bolobo Buaco (DRC)
Boniface UMPULA NYEMBO (DRC)
Bontle Mpakanyane (South Africa)
Booi Mohapi (Lesotho)
Botswana Civil Society Coalition on Zimbabwe (BOCISCOZ)
Botswana Council of Churches (BCC)
Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organization (BOCONGO)
Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA)
Botswana Secondary Teachers Trade Union (BOSETU)
Bryonie Guthrie (South Africa)
Busani Tshabangu (South Africa)
Busi Ndlela (Swaziland)
Butho Nkala (South Africa)
Cape Film Festivals (South Africa)
Cape Winelands Film Festival (South Africa)
CARDDENU (Malawi)
Carla Braga (Mozambique)
Carlos Sousa (Mozambique)
Caro Leopold (Angola)
Carole Viljoen (South Africa)
Caroline O'Reilly (South Africa)
Catarina da Graça Madade (Mozambique)
Catharina Weinek (South Africa)
Catholic AIDS Action (Namibia)
CDH (DRC)
Cecilia Maxine Dube (South Africa)
CEDER (DRC)
CEFIDE (DRC)
CEJA (DRC)
Centre for Research Education and Development of Rights in Africa (CREDO-Africa)
Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) (South Africa)
Centre for Civil Society (South Africa)
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHHR) (Malawi)
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) (South Africa)
Centre for Youth and Children Affairs (CEYCA) (Malalwi)
Centro de Integridade Pública (Mozambique)
CEPAS (DRC)
CEPECO (DRC)
CEYCA (Malalwi)
Chantelle de Nobrega (South Africa)
Charles Goredema (South Africa)
Charles Kunaka (Kenya)
Charles Mulenga (Zambia)
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu (Nigeria)
Chris Gilfillan (South Africa)
Chris Todd (South Africa)
Christian Agency for Responsible Democracy and Unity (CARDDENU) (Malawi)
Cidalia Amélia Monjane (Mozambique)
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Civil Liberties Committee (CILIC) (Malawi)
Civil Society Campaign on MDGs - Global Call to Action Against Poverty (Zambia)
Clare Butcher (Zimbabwe)
Clarien Luttig (South Africa)
Claude Kameba (South Africa)
Clement Daniels (Namibia)
CNONGD (DRC)
Colleen du Toit (South Africa)
Colleen Lowe Morna (South Africa)
Community Empowerment Development Association (Namibia)
Community Health Media Trust (CHMT) (Namibia)
Coordinating Assembly of NGOs in Swaziland (CANGO)
CRONGD (DRC)
Cross Border Association of Journalists (South Africa)
Custodio Duma, Mozambique Human Rights League
Cynthia O. Mooketsi (Botswana)
Damoline Muruko (Namibia)
Danielle Fritz (South Africa)
David Le Page (Namibia)
David N. Mwangangi (Kenya)
Davie Malungisa (Zimbabwe)
Debbie Lee (South Africa)
Deborah Byrne (South Africa)
Deborah Fisher (South Africa)
DFFP (DRC)
Dianne Hubbard (Namibia)
Didier Ndembe Lofoli (DRC)
Dipac Jaiantilal (Mozambique)
Dirk Wessels (South Africa)
Dolores Cortes (South Africa)
Domingos Martins (Angola)
Doo Aphane (Swaziland)
Dorothy Pule (Botswana)
Dr Bejamin Pequenino (Mozambique)
Dr Charles Gilfillan (South Africa)
Dr Dzodzi Tsikata, ISSER (Ghana)
Dr Elaine Salo (South Africa)
Dr Harry Moultrie (South Africa)
Dr Janet M Rollinson (Botswana)
Dr Leloba Molema (Botswana)
Dr Lucy Y. Steinitz (Namibia)
Dr N. Forcheh (Botswana)
Dr N.L. Rasebotsa (Botswana)
Dr O.B. Tshosa (Botswana)
Dr Raymond Auerbach (South Africa)
Dr Raymond Auerbach (South Africa)
Dr. A.K. Segobye (Botswana)
Dr. B. Mokopakgosi (Botswana)
Dr. Darlene Miller (South Africa)
Dr. Maude M. Dikobe (Botswana)
Durkje Gilfillan (South Africa)
Earthlife Namibia
Ebrahim Fakir (South Africa)
Economica Justice Coalition (Mozambique)
Edwin Kampamba (Zambia)
Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) (South Africa)
Elizabeth Duarte (Angola)
Elizabeth Khaxas (Namibia)
Emanuel Catumbela (Angola)
Emmanuel Umpula (DRC)
Engender (South Africa)
Esperança Miguel (Angola)
ESSAIM (DRC)
Farai Mbumbwa (South Africa)
Farhana Loonat (South Africa)
Felicitas Aigbogun (Nigeria)
Fernando Goncalves (Mozambique)
Fernando Macedo (Angola)
Fight for Life Association (Angola)
Films for Africa
Florimond Muteba (DRC)
FOREM (DRC)
Forum for the Future
Forum Social Congolais (DRC)
Forum Société Civile Congolaise (DRC)
Fr Raymond Fortin (South Africa)
Francis Antonio (Malawi)
Francis Chigunta (Zambia)
Francisco Carmona (Mozambique)
Frans Viljoen (South Africa)
Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) (South Africa)
Frimpong Adams (Botswana)
G. Maphakwane (Botswana)
Gabes Augustus (Namibia)
GASHE (DRC)
GAT (DRC)
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
Gcebile Ndlovu (Swaziland)
Gender and Media of Southern Africa Namibian Chapter (GEMSANAM)
Gender Links (South Africa)
Gerald Kraak (South Africa)
Gill Jacot Guillarmod (South Africa)
Gondai Mapfumo (South Africa)
Governance and Development Institute (Mozambique)
Grace B. Manyonga (Zambia)
Graeme Reid (South Africa)
Graham van de Ruit (Zimbabwe)
Greg Moran (South Africa)
Gregg Gonsalves (South Africa)
Groupe Lotus (DRC)
Hamilton Wende (South Africa)
haMoloi Pictures (South Africa)
Hans Van der Windt (Namibia)
Heidi Barnes (South Africa)
Helen Moulster (South Africa)
Helen Suzman (South Africa)
Helena Zefanias Lowe (Angola)
Hennie van Vuuren (South Africa)
Henry Malumo
Herby Opland (South Africa)
Hilaire Bakalowabo (DRC)
Hubert Tshiswaka Masoka (DRC)
Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT)
Hye-Young Lim (South Africa)
Iheoma Obibi (Nigerian)
Ilda Dos Santos (Namibia)
Ilona Tip (South Africa)
Imruh Bakari
Insight Magazine (Namibia)
Institute for Global Dialogue (South Africa)
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (South Africa)
Integrated Environmental Consultants (Namibia)
International Refugee Rights Initiative
Isamar Escalona (Angola)
Issac Lappia (South Africa)
Ivette Corte Real Fernandes (Mozambique)
Jacques Shesha, élu de Kipushi (DRC )
Jaime da Silveira Gomes (Angola)
Janneke Weidema (South Africa)
Jean Cowen (South Africa)
JED (DRC)
Jenny Yates (South Africa)
Jess Auerbach (South Africa)
Jihaad Rossouw (South Africa)
Joaquim Dimbana (Mozambique)
Joaquim Kalesi Amândio (Angola)
Joaquim Ngoma (Angola)
Joaquim Salvador (Mozambique)
Joerg Giese (Zimbabwe)
Johanniter Hilfswerk (Namibia)
Jonathan Man (South Africa)
Joni Brenner (South Africa)
José Armando Estrela (Angola)
Jose Chipenda (Angola)
Joseph Kahuika (Namibia)
Joseph Yav Katshung
Joshua Rusere (ZIPOVA)
Joy Bartlett (Namibia)
Joyce Macmillan WLSA Zambia
Julia Woolcott (South Africa)
Juliane Zeidler
Juliet Victor Mukasa (Uganda)
Justice et Liberation (DRC)
Justice Plus (DRC)
Justice Richard Goldstone (South Africa)
Justice, Peace and Democracy Association (Angola)
Justino Pinto de Andrade (Angola)
Katarina Tarimo (Tanzania)
Katrina Mseme (South Africa)
Katutura Community Radio (Namibia)
Keiso Matashane-Marite WLSA Lesotho
Kerstyn Van Wyk (Namibia)
Kgomotso F Radijeng (Botswana)
Khabele Matlosa (South Africa)
Kiala André Bela (Angola)
Kim Dearham (South Africa)
Kim L. Robinson (South Africa)
Kishalya Naidoo (South Africa)
Koko Monama (South Africa)
Lambert Mimpiya (DRC)
Lauren Rosenberg (South Africa)
Law Association of Zambia
Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa)
Lebohang Letsie (Botswana)
Legal Assistance Centre (Namibia)
Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)
Legal Resources Foundation (Zambia)
Leonie Kandolo (Lubumbashi, DRC)
Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference
Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN)
Linda Radford (South Africa)
Lisa Blass (South Africa)
Liz Frank (Namibia)
Liz Kinnear (South Africa)
Lizette Besaans (South Africa)
Lomcebo Dlamini WLSA Swaziland
Lúcia Silveira (Angola)
Luis Nhachote (Mozambique)
Luke Pato (South Africa)
Lutheran Community Outreach Foundation (South Africa)
Luzau Basambombo, Telsquels (Kenya)
Lynita Conradie (Namibia)
Lynn McKay (South Africa)
M. N. Dintwe (Botswana)
Mabella Cupido (Namibia)
Madhavi Ashok (Namibia)
Maguezo Editores (Mozambique)
Maira Domingos Solange (Mozambique)
Maison de la Femme et de la Jeune Fille (DRC)
Maitre Vianey Maleba (DRC)
Malani Simukoko (Zambia)
Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN)
Malawi Law Society
Malcolm Wallis SC (South Africa)
Maniema Liberté (DRC)
Maran Turner (South Africa)
Marcelo Mosse (Mozambique)
Margaret M.C. Machila (Zambia)
Maria de Lourdes Torcato (Mozambique)
Marren Akatsa-Bukachi (Uganda)
Martinus Ruijten (Angola)
Mary-Jane Ncube (Zimbabwe)
Masjidul Islam (South Africa)
Matrine Bbuku-Chuulu WLSA Regional Office (Lusaka Zambia)
Maxi-d tv productions (South Africa)
Maxwell Kadiri (Nigeria)
Maya Sooka (South Africa)
Mazvita Kubwalo (Zimbabwe)
Media Institute for Southern Africa – Mozambique Chapter
Media Institute of Southern Africa - Namibia Chapter
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Media Watch Organisation (GEMSA) (Mauritius)
Mercia Davids (Zimbabwe)
Methodist Church (South Africa)
Michael Osborne (South Africa)
Mireille Keleku (DRC)
Misty McWilliam (South Africa)
Miyelani Khosa (South Africa)
Monique Boivin (South Africa)
Mozambique Human Rights League
Mugambi Kaia (Kenya)
Musa I. N. Hlophe (Swaziland)
Muzi H. Ngwenya (South Africa)
Myra Altman (South Africa)
N. Ndana (Botswana)
Nadine Pinnell (South Africa)
Nadira Omarjee (South Africa)
Nadja Gomes (Mozambique)
Na'eem Jeenah (South Africa)
Naledi Kgolo (Botswana)
Namibia Development Trust
Namibia Media Women's Association
Namibia National Farmers Union
Namibia National Network of Aids Service Organisations
Namibia NGO Forum
Namibia Planned Parenthood Association
Natashia Emmett (South Africa)
National Constitutional Assembly (Zimbabwe)
National Counselling Center (NCC) (Angola)
National Paralegal Association of Namibia
National Society for Human Rights (Namibia)
Nelisiwe Ndlela (Swaziland)
Network of African Freedom of Expression Organisation (NAFEO)
Nic Hofmeyr (South Africa)
Nicci Drzewicki (South Africa)
Nicholas de Klerk (South Africa)
Nicole Fritz (South Africa)
Nicole Odia Kayembe (DRC)
Nobuntu Mtwa (South Africa)
Noel Kututwa (Zimbabwe)
Nokuthula Gwebu Lucas (Swaziland)
Noliya Muleya (ZIPOVA)
Norman Tjombe (Namibia)
Nouvelle Dynamique Syndicale (DRC)
Nozuko Maphazi (South Africa)
Ntombi Mdunge (South Africa)
Ntombikayse Gilman (South Africa)
Nyarai Ngwerume (ZIPOVA)
Nyari Machingambi (South Africa)
OCEAN (DRC)
ODECOLA (DRC)
Odette Geldenhuys (South Africa)
Odette Mwamba (DRC)
OLCAC (DRC)
Oliver Kubikwa (ZIPOVA)
Omulunga Radio
Onnentse Makhumalo WLSA Botswana
Open Society Foundation (Angola)
Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
Organização de Ajuda ao Desenvolvimento Comunitário (OADEC) (Angola)
Otilia Aquino (Mozambique)
OUT LGBT Well-being (South Africa)
PAIF (DRC)
Palestine Solidarity Committee (South Africa)
PANOS Institute of West Africa
Pasteur Jacques Bakulu (DRC)
Patricia Farmer (Namibia)
Patricia Keefer (South Africa)
Patrick K. Ahaisibwe (Uganda)
Paul Fauvet (Mozambique)
Paul Slabbert (South Africa)
Paula Lopes (Angola)
Penny Morrell (South Africa)
Peter Alexander (South Africa)
Peter Chisi (Malawi)
Peter Gastrow (South Africa)
Peter M Sebina (Botswana)
Phuthego P. Molosiwa (Botswana)
Pia Lamberti (South Africa)
Pilisa Gaushe (South Africa)
PREFED (DRC)
Prince Kumwmba N’Sapu (DRC)
Professeur Alexis Takizala Masoso, élu de (DRC)
Professor Cathi Albertyn (South Africa)
Professor David Kerr (Botswana)
Professor Dennis Brutus (South Africa)
Professor Jeremy Sarkin (South Africa)
Professor Patrick Bond (South Africa)
Professor Roger Southall (South Africa)
Protection Enfant Sida ( DRC)
Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) (South Africa)
Pynee A. Chellapermal (Mauritius)
R.Molefe (Botswana)
Rabia Khan (South Africa)
Rainman Landcare Foundation (South Africa)
RAPY (DRC)
Raymond Louw (South Africa)
Rebana N. Mmereki (Botswana)
Reconciliation and Transparency Coalition (CRTC) (Angola)
Regis Mtutu (South Africa)
Rehad Desai (South Africa)
Rehana Rossouw (South Africa)
Reis Luis (Angola )
Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO) (Sénégal)
Réseau Action Femme (DRC)
Rev Basil Manning (South Africa)
Rev Dr. Anne-Marie Ezenwa (Nigeria)
Rev Edward Amadhila (Namibia)
Rev Malawo Matyola (Zambia)
Rev. Fr. Obinna Augustine (Odinkalu Nigeria)
Reyes Altozano (South Africa)
RHODECIC (DRC)
Richard Kakona
Rob Still (South Africa)
Robbie Potenza (South Africa)
Robert Legh (South Africa)
Roberto J. Tibana (Mozambique)
Roger Hunter Chadwick (Zimbabwe)
Roger Onger (DRC)
Rogers Newa (Malawi)
Romy Zwirner (Namibia)
Roseline Zigomo (South Africa)
Roshnee Narrandes (South Africa)
Roswitha Gomachas (Namibia)
RRN (DRC)
Rudolf Gabriel (Namibia)
Rudolf Gaweseb (Namibia)
Rudolf Glotzbach (Tanzania)
Rui Correia (Mozambique)
SADC Lawyers Association
Sally Peberdy (South Africa)
Sam Matanda (South Africa)
Sandra Jeny Monteiro (Angola)
Sandra Kane (South Africa)
Sandra Nyaira, Association of Zimbabwe Journalists in the UK
SANGONET (South Africa)
Sarah Morrison (South Africa)
Sebastião Marco Carvalho (Angola)
SEBINAPM (Botswana)
Sekai Sithole (ZIPOVA)
Senovia Welman (South Africa)
Seodi White WLSA Malawi
Seraphine Kirongozi (Kinshasa, DRC)
Serge Lukunga Kankolongo (Lubumbashi, DRC)
Shadrack Tjiramba (Namibia)
Shirley DeWolf (Zimbabwe)
Shukri Abrahams (South Africa)
Sibongile Mauye Chambakale (South Africa)
Silibaziso Mabhena (Zimbabwe)
Silibaziso Mtunzi (Botswana)
Simba Manyanya (Zimbabwe)
Simbarashe Mutongwizo, Zimbabwe Students' Society
Sister Namibia
Sital Kalantry (South Africa)
Slyvia Chirawu WLSA Zimbabwe
Soeur Monique Kabbogo (DRC)
SOFEPADI (DRC)
SOFIDES (DRC)
SOLIDEC (DRC)
Sophie van Wyk (Namibia)
South Durban Community Enviromental Alliance (SDECA)
Southern Africa Communications For Development (SACOD)
Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)
Southern Africa Peoples' Solidarity Network (SAPSN)
Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN)
Southern African Resource Watch (SAWR)
Stefania Merlo (Botswana)
Stella Olivia Kachiwanda (Malawi)
Sternford Moyo (Zimbabwe)
Steven Friedman (South Africa)
Susan Guthrie (South Africa)
Susan Precious (South Africa)
Susana Tchinossole Fernandes Ramos (Angola)
Susannah Cowen (South Africa)
Susie Cornell (South Africa)
Swaziland Coalition of Concerned Civic Organizations (SCCCO)
Sylvester Madzvova
Synergie Assistance Judiciaire (DRC)
Tafadzwa Muropa (Zimbabwe)
Tafadzwa Muzhandu (Zimbabwe)
Tendai Kiwa (ZIPOVA)
Teresa Barnes (South Africa)
Terezhina Calista da Silva WLSA Mozambique
Tess Fairweather (South Africa)
The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (DITSHWANELO)
The East African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) (Uganda)
The History and Current Affairs Society of UCT (South Africa)
The Human Rights Media Trust
The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (South Africa)
The Missionaries of Africa
The Namibian Paralegal Association (NPA)
The Office of the Ombudsman (Namibia)
The Producers Alliance (South Africa)
The Rainbow Project (TRP) (Namibia)
Thierry Kambere (Bukavu, DRC)
Thobani Matheza (South Africa)
Tina Abreu (Angola)
Toni Hancox (Namibia)
TOV Multipurpose Centre (Namibia)
Transparency International (Zimbabwe)
Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) (South Africa)
Tri Continental Human Rights Film Festival (South Africa)
Trusha Reddy (South Africa)
Tuwilika Hamwele (Namibia)
Uhuru Productions (South Africa)
Undule Mwakasungura (Malawi)
Vanessa Barolsky (South Africa)
Vianney Kanku (DRC)
Victor Mutumbulwa (Namibia)
Vincent Tohbi (DRC)
Virginia Ngwenya (ZIPOVA)
Viriato Teotónio Tamele (Mozambique)
Wairimu Munyinyi
Wendy Kirby-Smith (South Africa)
Wendy Landau (South Africa)
Willem Odendaal (Namibia)
Willie Currie (South Africa)
Wim Neeleman (Mozambique)
Women for Change (Zambia )
Women's Leadership Centre (Namibia)
Yelula Project
Youth Development Forum (YODEFO) (Uganda)
Zaida Cabral (Mozambique)
Zakie Achmat (South Africa)
Zane M Wilson (South Africa)
Zanele Dube (South Africa)
Zimbabwe Activists Against HIV and AIDS (ZAHA)
Zimbabwe Exiles Forum
Zimbabwe Political Victims Association (ZIPOVA)
Zimbabwe Social Forum
Zita Costa (South Africa)
Zivia Desai Keiper (South Africa)
Zodwa Ndlela (Swaziland)


In solidarity:

Africa Groups of Sweden
Alida Uwera (USA)
Allyson Chisholm (Canada)
Ana Jorge (United Kingdom)
Andre Degenszajn, Connectas (Brazil)
Anna Burnett (United Kingdom)
ARTICLE19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
Aryeh Neier (USA)
Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) (Peru)
Bernard R Londoni (USA)
Brian Gratwicke ( USA)
Bronwen Manby (United Kingdom)
Carlo Cleofe (Philippines)
Carlos E. Gaio (Brazil)
Catherine Powell (USA)
Chandrakanta Poudel (Nepal)
Charlotte Andrews (United Kingdom)
Christoph Beninde (Germany)
Christoph Fleischer (Germany)
Christopher M. Annear (USA)
Clive Fraser-Bell (USA)
Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (Ecuador)
Connectas (Brazil)
Conny Schnitt (Germany)
Dafne Sabanes Plou (Argentina)
David E. Nachman (USA)
Diane Tran (USA)
Dominique Oliver (USA)
Dorothea Giesche (Germany)
Dr Bess Rothenberg (USA)
Dr Rachel Pope (United Kingdom)
Dr Theo Kneifel (Germany)
Duncan Wachira (USA)
Durga Sob (Nepal)
Ecumenical Service for Advocacy Work on Southern Africa – KASA (Germany)
Erhyu Yuan (USA)
Federica Sulas (United Kingdom)
Francelyn G. Begonia (Philippines)
Francis Neate, President, International Bar Association
Glenn Gutterman (USA)
Global Witness
Gopal Siwakoti (Nepal)
Grupo de Mujeres de San Cristóbal Las Casas, A.C (Chiapas Mexico)
Hazel Fraser-Bell (USA)
Heidi (Germany)
Hein Möllers (Germany)
Henry Parhnam (United Kingdom)
Informationsstelle Südliches Afrika (ISSA) (Germany)
Instituto Pro Bono (Brazil)
International Bar Association
Itayi Garande, Talk Zimbabwe (United Kingdom)
Jay Nair (Canada)
John Burnett (United Kindom)
John Hamill (USA)
Jonathan D. Cioschi (USA)
Juana Kweitel (Brazil)
Julia Mello Neiva (Brazil)
Julie Hayes (USA)
Kabita Parajuli (USA)
Kamal Pathak (Nepal)
Karen Higgs (Uruguay)
Katarina Mansson (Ireland)
Kate Reeler (USA)
Katie Huston (USA)
Katja Hirzmann (Germany)
Katrina Ciraldoy (USA)
Keith Baker (United Kingdom)
Keren Ben-Zeev
Kerry Mclean (USA)
Kevin Connell (USA)
Kim Brice (The Netherlands)
Kristin Soong (USA)
Kristina Aiello (USA)
Laura Davis Mattar (Brazil)
Lawrence Mainan (USA)
Lee Jodi Weingast (USA)
Lesley Carson (USA)
Lloyd A. Johnson (USA)
Lorna Dwyer (USA)
Lucy Waweru (USA)
Mandira Sharma (Nepal)
Manuel Arroyo-Kalin (United Kingdom)
Margaret Ladner (USA)
Mariana Berbec-Rostas (Hungary)
Mark R. Shulman (USA)
Marthur Diakite (Sweden)
Martin Flaherty (USA)
Matthew Burnett (USA)
Maurício Freire (Brazil)
Mexican Commission for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights -A.C.(CMDPDH) (Mexico)
Michelle Parlevliet
Mila Versteeg (The Netherlands)
Navaraj Pudasaini (Nepal)
Network Women's Program (USA)
Nicola Egelhof (Germany)
Nicolas Stebbing (United Kingdom)
Nisha Pandey (Nepal)
Oksana Drebezova (Republic of Belarus)
Omar Farah (USA)
Pascal Kambale (USA)
Patricia Rodney (USA)
Paul Staal (The Netherlands)
Peter Schrage-Aden (Germany)
Prakash Pokharel (Nepal)
Rachel Smith (USA)
RAID (United Kingdom)
Rashmi Basnet (Nepal)
Richard Holden (USA)
Rodolfo Fattovich (Italy)
Rosalind Dixon (USA)
Rumbidzai Sithole (USA)
Samuel Félix (Portugal)
Shannon Walsh (Canada)
Simon Olleson (United Kingdom)
Sophie Landahl (Sweden)
Stephen Lewis, Fromer UN Envoy on HIV and Aids in Africa
Subodh Pyakurel (Nepal)
Sue Nahm (USA)
Sukumaran Krishnan (India)
Susan E. Adamchak (USA)
Tavepo Masawi (United Kingdom)
The Antidiscrimination Bureau of Lund (Sweden)
Viachaslau Borktnik, Chair of Amnesty International (Belarus)
William Assiter (USA)
Zimbabwe Netzwerk (Germany)
ZimConservation (USA)
Zophie Landahl (Sweden)

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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