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Solidarity
Peace Trust
Last updated: December
17, 2007
| Physical
address |
Suite
4, 3rd Floor MB Centre, 49 Aiken Street, Port Shepstone, RSA |
| Postal
address |
PO
Box 218, Umzumbe, 4225, RSA |
| Telephone |
+27-(0)39-682
5869, |
| Fax |
+27-(0)39-6825869
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| Email
address |
selvanc@venturenet.co.za |
| Web
address |
www.solidaritypeacetrust.org |
| Year
established |
2003 |
| Contact |
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Name |
Position |
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Selvan
Chetty |
Deputy
Director - +27-(0)83-556 1726 |
Background |
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The Solidarity
Peace Trust is a non-governmental organisation, which is registered
in South Africa. The Trustees of the Solidarity Peace Trust
are church leaders of Southern Africa, who are all committed
to human rights, freedom and democracy in their region.
The Trust
is Co-chaired by:
Archbishop
Pius A Ncube; Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Chairperson)
Bishop
Rubin Phillip; Anglican Bishop of Kwazulu Natal, Republic
of South Africa
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Objectives |
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To assist
individuals, organisations, churches and affiliated organisations
in southern Africa, to build solidarity in the pursuit of
justice, peace and social equality and equity in Zimbabwe.
It shall be the special concern of the Trust to assist victims
of human rights abuses in their efforts to correct and end
their situation of oppression.
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Sectors
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Advocacy; Human Rights; Research/Documentation/Information Dissemination |
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Our current
electronic activism page focuses on the post election
violence in Zimbabwe.
Escalating
cases of organised violence and torture
900 victims have reported incidents of organised violence and torture. But this
figure grossly underestimates the number of victims presenting countrywide as
the violence is now on such a scale that it is impossible to properly document
all cases. There have been 22 confirmed deaths but at least double that number
have been reported but are yet to be confirmed. Read
more from Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights
Land,
retribution and elections
The immediate aftermath of Zanu PF's 2008 election defeat has included drastic
consequences for the few remaining commercial farmers and their workers. The
current surge in invasions and human rights violations on the farms is violent,
widespread and systematic. Read
more from Justice for Agriculture
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