OUTRAGED…Anti-Mugabe march in Windhoek

NSHR Executive Director, Phil ya Nangolo, who is organising a demonstration against the visit of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to Windhoek next week.

THE National Society for Human Rights is organising a protest march against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during his visit to Namibia next week. NSHR executive director Phil ya Nangoloh said the purpose was “to show outrage about the political, human rights and humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.”The protest will be in front of the Zimbabwean embassy in Windhoek.”The Namibian people must express their solidarity with their oppressed Zimbabwean brothers and sisters.Zimbabwe and its people are not the personal property of Mr Mugabe,” Ya Nangoloh said in a statement.Mugabe will visit Namibia for two days next week.His visit – which starts on Wednesday – will be preceded by the Namibia-Zimbabwe joint commission meeting, which ends on Tuesday.The NSHR says the situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated to the extent that more than five million Zimbabwean citizens have fled their country.”It is sad that there are in our country a small group of Namibians who say that President Robert Mugabe is their hero simply because Mugabe now claims that he is opposed to Tony Blair and George Bush, after he supported them prior to 2000,” the statement said.NSHR said it believed that President Mugabe qualified to be hauled before the Zimbabwean or even Namibian courts.”If these two fail then Mr Mugabe should be hauled before the International Criminal Court in The Hague to face charges of inter alia war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the human rights group said.NSHR executive director Phil ya Nangoloh said the purpose was “to show outrage about the political, human rights and humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.”The protest will be in front of the Zimbabwean embassy in Windhoek.”The Namibian people must express their solidarity with their oppressed Zimbabwean brothers and sisters.Zimbabwe and its people are not the personal property of Mr Mugabe,” Ya Nangoloh said in a statement.Mugabe will visit Namibia for two days next week.His visit – which starts on Wednesday – will be preceded by the Namibia-Zimbabwe joint commission meeting, which ends on Tuesday.The NSHR says the situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated to the extent that more than five million Zimbabwean citizens have fled their country.”It is sad that there are in our country a small group of Namibians who say that President Robert Mugabe is their hero simply because Mugabe now claims that he is opposed to Tony Blair and George Bush, after he supported them prior to 2000,” the statement said.NSHR said it believed that President Mugabe qualified to be hauled before the Zimbabwean or even Namibian courts.”If these two fail then Mr Mugabe should be hauled before the International Criminal Court in The Hague to face charges of inter alia war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the human rights group said.