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Dear Colleagues

We write to ask for your views and possible assistance in trying to secure democracy and justice for the victims of 1981-1987 Matebele Atrocities committed by President Mugabe in the name of national security. The atrocities led to the deaths of over 30 000 citizens mainly of Ndebele tribe in a campaign Mugabe dubbed "Gukurahundi". The scourge left thousands of families destitute and traumatised. Since that time Mugabe has not been challenged strongly for masterminding the genocide. The absence of vocal concern on this has led Mugabe to continuously resort to force and purges whenever confronted by political resistance. Besides, the fate of the victims of the genocide has not been discussed publicly nor have the perpetrators been brought to book. Both counselling and assistance must be considered for the victims of the Robert Mugabe mass killings. Similary the victims of parliamentary in 2000 and presidential 2002 election must find support within the national and international community.

As a campaign we are mainly concerned with bringing dialogue on this issue and pressuring the gorvenment to take responsibility for its massacres.Acceptance of responsibility must be followed quite logically by reparations,an apology and the bringing to book of perpetrators of the mass killings.The killings are a tesimony of the ruthlessness of Mugabes regime and its tendency to use violence and force against&n sp;citizens. It is not practicable to expect the gorvenment ofZimbabwe to take this initiative.Pure morality requires that all human beings distance themselves and show their distaste at the silence the gorvement would rather have mantained over the killings.

Zimbabwe is in crisis and needs concerted,focused countrymen and activists dedicated to put the record straight that the country must return to rule of law,needs democratic gorvenance and must abide by its obligations under the universal declaration of human rights to which it is a signatory since the 18 April 1980 proclamation of Independence .Mugabe has brought suffering to the people of Zimbabwe and needs to be challenged strongly to make way for democratic and progressive leadership.This needs constant engagement in dialogue,planning and campaigns both in Zimbabwe and worldwide to sustain pressure and demand a stop to abuse in Zimbabwe, Our campaign will be carried both by electronic media in and out of Zimbabwe on internet,radio,television ,journals and magazines.In Zimbabwe because of repression we will have no access to television and radio which are controlled by central Gorvenment.However we will campaign through progressive newspapers,and through regular public and consultative meetings.

We are looking for support to enable us to do all it takes to see democracy thrive in Zimbabwe.We hope you will find time to look at how you would wish to contribute to our fight .Unfotunately we can not offer a full list of our campaigners for security reasons but if you wish to join the campaign please email us on this address and we will give you more information on how you can contribute depending on where you are Concern for Zimbabwe Campaign will be running consultative workshops throughoutZimbabwe to find out what course of action Zimbabweans should take in light of abuse and suffering ushered in by Mugabe.Major issues that will be tackled in the meetings and planning programmes will include Matebele Atrocities Review Human rights Awareness Voter Literacy Research and Documentation Campaigning and lobbying We look forward to your support and hearing from you.You could either offer to join the campaigns,assist planning of events and /or donate to fund activities carried out as part of the campaign.We sincerely wish to hear from you and thank you for your time in reading this letter.

Yours faithfully Courage Shumba (Mr)

Coordinator or call on 079 318 77 438 for more details