Zimbabwe: Newborn Deaths Must be Investigated
The Zimbabwean government should urgently investigate the deaths of newborn babies at a settlement it created to re-house people made homeless by its mass forced eviction program five years ago.
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No Chance to Live, Newborn Deaths at Hopley Settlement, Zimbabwe
- Author:
- Amnesty International
- Publisher:
- Amnesty International
- Publication Date:
- 2 December 2010
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Robert Mugabe you are a shameful little man! NO Zimbabwean newborn child should die because of your governmental neglect and indifference to its life.
Mugabe created a new and unheard of situation in the whole history of Zimbabwe where over 700 thousand people forced to poverty by his regime were forced to live as squatters in shanty dwellings because of joblessness and lack of every possible means of life many of whom were ill with HIV/AIDS. To Mugabe's "disgust" towards his poor, operation "drive out trash or rubbish" was carried out smack in the middle of a cold and rainy Zimbabwean winter forcing all those thousands; the sick, women and children to sleep in a wet and cold open. So now, the consequences of Mugabe's "disgust" towards his poor is resulting in the deaths of children, sticking these people in Hopley, where once again are living in deplorable conditions with no access to health care or even ambulances when in emergencies. Mugabe has the gall to complain about his personal discomfort of sanctions in him when he cares nothing about the comfort and provision of the basic necessities for the people of Hopley.
Robert Mugabe, these citizens are still living in plastic hovels in case you did not notice. Operation Garakai (better life) my ass.
Mugabe didn't want these people living in deplorable conditions any more. Sadly, it's much more difficult for a military dictator to change the" deplorable conditions," and almost too easy to change whether the people are "living."