The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is utterly disgusted by
the presence of Mr Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea in this country. We wish to
castigate and condemn all those who embraced and gave this despot a
warm reception.
The government even hosted a five star reception for the dictator at
state house yesterday (12, May) at the expense of the hungry and
suffering people of Zimbabwe, who are yet to see the deliverables from
the new government.
Lest people forget that, Mr Kim's country was the place where the
notorious five brigade troops who massacred close to 20 000 innocent
civilians received their training. North Korea is on top on the list of
worst human rights violations, restrictive media laws etc.
5th Brigade
His presence in Zimbabwe is a direct insult to the people of
Matabeleland and the people of Zimbabwe in general. We demand an
apology from Mr Kim on behalf of his government for the role his
country played in assisting and funding the notorious and heartless 5th
Brigade during the Gukurahundi.
It surely came as a shock to us when some of our colleagues who are now
in government, joined their Zanu (PF) counterparts to welcome the
dictator at the airport on Monday.
We appreciate that our country is in dire need of funds and resources
but this should not be an excuse to accommodate, wine and dine with
well known dictators, human rights violators, and vampires who thrive
on human blood simply because we need aid from foreign countries.
We are also disappointed that another exiled Ethiopian dictator Haile
Mengistu is still residing in this country under the benevolence of
Mugabe when he is a man who is wanted to answer to crimes against
humanity in his country. In February this year the MDC-T said that the
issue of Mengistu would be high on the agenda of the inclusive
government.
Just to remind the nation of what the MDC spokesperson Mr Nelson
Chamisa said of Mengistu,” Zimbabwe should not be a safe haven or
resting place for serial human rights violators like Mr Mengistu, We
can't shelter purveyors of injustice, he said. We demand that the
issue of Mengistu should be dealt with once and for all by the three
principals.
We wish to categorically state that dictators like Nam,Mengistu and
Mugabe should be treated as pariahs because of their appalling record
of human rights abuses.
Statement released by Blessing Vava
(National Spokesperson)
Zimbabwe National Students Union
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