Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Secret film of Zimbabwe 'squalor'

"Amnesty International has released a secretly-shot film from Zimbabwe, showing what it says is the squalid aftermath of Harare's slum clearances. [See video here]

"The clearances have left about 700,000 people without their homes or livelihoods, according to UN estimates.

"The human rights group said its film showed people made homeless and then dumped at an informal site ...

"'Rather than confront the massive humanitarian crisis that its actions have created, the government of Zimbabwe is compounding suffering and human rights violations by attempting to hid the most visible signs of internal displacement', she [Amnesty International researcher Audrey Gaughran] added."

Source and video link: BBC

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