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Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
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179 [3]
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Policies and practices of the Government of Zimbabwe are undermining peoples' access to food, and violating Zimbabwe's obligations under international human rights law, a new report released by Amnesty International on the eve of World Food Day concluded. The report, "Zimbabwe: Power and Hunger, Violations of the Right to Food", examines a number of government policies and how their implementation has resulted in the violation of basic rights. These include the controversial "fast track land...read more [4]

Policies and practices of the Government of Zimbabwe are undermining peoples' access to food, and violating Zimbabwe's obligations under international human rights law, a new report released by Amnesty International on the eve of World Food Day concluded. The report, "Zimbabwe: Power and Hunger, Violations of the Right to Food", examines a number of government policies and how their implementation has resulted in the violation of basic rights. These include the controversial "fast track land reform programme", and the operations of the government-controlled Grain Marketing Board (GMB).

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Food & Health [5]
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Zimbabwe [7]

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