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Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi: Lessons from the 1980-1988 disturbances in Matabeleland and The Midlands

Tuesday 4 September 2007 12:00 to 13:30

Location

Chatham House, London

Participants

Speakers:

• Mike Auret, former Director, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace
• Eileen Sawyer, former Director, Legal Resource Foundation
• Nokuthula Moyo, Chair, Legal Resources Foundation
• Noel Kututwa, Chair, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum

Chair: Alex Vines, Head of the Africa Programme, Chatham House

Type: Research and other events

Followed by a reception of light refreshments from 13.30-14.30.

At a time when the events described in this book have acquired a fresh relevance, this meeting marks ten years since the original publication of 'Breaking the Silence: a Report on the Disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands' and the launch of its second edition (with an introduction by Elinor Sisulu and a new foreword by catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube).

Read the meeting summary.