Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe

ROHR Leicester general meeting minutes – 22nd January 2012
Venue: Phoenix Square Café, Midland Street, Leicester LE1 1TG
Present:  Enniah Dube, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Stanley Zvekare, Lorraine Manenji and Rachael Munda, Huvandirwa Makaza.
Apologies Sithembiso Chilufuya, Wadzanayi Mpandawana

 The meeting began promptly at 17.30hrs with Rachael formally addressing the agenda. Discussed were the remainder of the positions in the committee, Huvandirwa was then elected to the position of Information and Publicity officer, and will be working closely with Ambrose.

 The group also finalised the branch’s 2012 calendar. It was agreed that all members take responsibility for organising events. Stanley volunteered to oversee the campaign to send letters of solidarity to victims of social injustice to commemorate Social Injustice day on 20^th February. Huvandirwa volunteered to co-ordinate the Human Rights exhibition on the 24^th of March. Enniah elected to organise the event on 3 May, which is a meeting at New Walk Café followed by a press freedom campaign in the town centre. Lorraine volunteered to co-ordinate the branch BBQ fundraising event on the 7^th of July. Rachael will co-ordinate the event to submit our petition on 19^th August. Sithembiso was elected to oversee the anti-violence campaign day event. Wadzanai and Ambrose will be in charge of the human rights day event on 10^th December.

 The meeting ended at 18:15 and then the group attended the screening of the documentary ‘Mugabe and the White African’.

Lorraine Manenji, Secretary ROHR Leicester

ROHR Leicester attends showing of ‘Mugabe and the White African at the Leicester Documentary Film Festival
ROHR members present: Enniah Dube, Stanley Zvekare, Lorraine Manenji, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Huvandirwa Makaza, Rachael Munda 

The inaugural Leicester Documentary Film Festival began on Friday 20^th January. It was hosted by the Phoenix Square Film and Digital Media Centre and featured a wide range of fascinating and controversial documentaries from around the world covering diverse subjects including journalism, the environment, war and human rights.

The ROHR Leicester group attended the final day of the festival in support of the screening of the documentary ‘Mugabe and the White African’. This film depicts one family’s fight against a relentless campaign of state-sanctioned terror. It highlights the gross human rights violations happening in Zimbabwe and the total disregard for the law.

The film started at 6:15pm and the event organiser, John Coster, of the Reportage club and editor of Citizens’ eye Community News Agency gave a brief introduction and acknowledged our group to the audience, encouraging them to sign our Zimbabwe elections petition at the end of the film.

We had a stand set up just outside the screening room and after the film; we all engaged with members of the audience who were interested to know the current situation in Zimbabwe and offered their support by signing our petition and buying our campaign wrist bands.

Rachael Munda, Chairperson (ROHR Leicester)