Amnesty International has documented unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, including beatings, as well as harassment and intimidation of mainly Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters and human rights defenders in Zimbabwe following the presidential and parliamentary elections on March 29, 2008…By the end of May dozens of people had been killed and over 1600 people had been treated for injuries sustained from politically-related violence. A week prior to the run-off election for the presidency on June 27, Amnesty International revealed that 12 bodies have been found in various areas of Zimbabwe. Most of the victims appear to have been tortured to death by their abductors…Zimbabwe Peace Project, have either disappeared or have been abducted and unlawfully detained.
I belive that this is about racism because these people want peace there been killed off by the people in there country that don’t want this change for a better country, These people have the right to lie and they also have the right to have freedom of speech, they want there country to be better off and not a developing country any more. The fact that they are been tortured to death is highly against there rights as human. i think that we could send peace keeping troops to help these people motivate the government to stop these killings and torture. if there is a strong armed force there to protect these people i don’t think that any one will attempt to harm them and this will help the country relive that there country is in this state. I think they need help to get the country to help it self.

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March 30, 2009 at 5:22 am
dpowers91
I agree with you Andrew. It is wrong what they are doing and it probably does have to do with race or possible gender, religion, or sexual preference. No one should ever be tortured and killed since it is morally wrong. I don’t know if sending peace keepers could help since some people can be very hostile. These people could possibly kill the peace keepers which would only anger everyone and who knows a war could be close behind. Good article Andrew keep up the good work!!