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Claims Of Increase Child Abuse In Zimbabwe Grows

by AlvarezGalloso | November 9, 2009 at 06:14 am

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It is often said that the children are those who pay the price for the errors of adults. It is also evident that the same applies to the events in Zimbabwe. A journalist from the BBC visited the Family Support Trust Clinic and interviewed one of the pedaitricians.

According to Dr. Robert Grey Choto, the problem has been worse since parents of children migrate to other countries and leave their children to distant relatives. The cases of rape and molestation have increased. In the clinic, there have been an increase in 70,000 cases within the last decade with 29,000 cases within the last four years.

It is a crime that in this season where humanity celebrates children that such crimes are allowed to occur. The infants and childrens are the gifts that the human race receive. The gratitude of the humans is to mistreat and hurt children on a physical and psychological basis. The world must know about these atrocities and do something about it.

In the case with Zimbabwe, it could start by charging the governing elite of Zimbabwe [including Mugabe] for crimes against children as well.

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Uwe Paschen

at 16:50 on November 9th, 2009

Zimbabwe is protected for now by the Veto right.

As long as the UN is held hostage to the veto rights of the five, there is little that can be done.

The tragedy is, that it is the most vulnerable that pay the price for those power games and Mugabe knows all to well how to take advantage of it and remain in full control terrorising his own people.

Roy C

at 08:08 on November 9th, 2009

Paschen, could you explain exactly what you mean by "protected by the veto right" (right to veto) in this case?

The world got behind opposing apartheid, yet Mandela refuses to condemn Mugabe. It is simple reverse racism. White evil men get called out. Black evil men are protected by their skin color.

That is the veto I see in play.

Uwe Paschen

at 16:49 on November 9th, 2009

Actually Mandela is a diplomat and he did not condemn those guilty of crimes in the apartheid regime either.

D. Tutu did so however and rather strongly. Any sanction against Zimbabwe where not broth forward after the use of the Veto right was invoked if those would be broth forth.

You can read up the details in the UN minutes published on the UN web page.