BNFA
WRITES THE AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, DR NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA OVER CONCERNS
ARISING FROM SUSTAINED VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN
BAROTSELAND.
The
BNFA Chairman General, Hon. Clement Wainyae Sinyinda has written to the Chairperson of the African
Union (AU) Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma expressing concerns arising from sustained
violation of Human Rights by the Zambian regime against the Barotse
people and Barotseland. In the letter dated November 3, 2015 making reference
to Communication 429/12The Ngambela of Barotseland and Others versus the Republic of
Zambia, the Chairman General
of BNFA has expressed his concern that; ... while time related due process takes its cause via the Summit of Heads
of State and Government, the people of Barotseland, collectively the
Complainant, in the referred to matter, continue to suffer the ravages of human
rights violations at the hands of the Government of Zambia, the respondent
state party, and the Barotse Royal Establishment,
which the state party has compromised and now turned into its agent.
The
letter which has been copied to the African Commission for Human and Peoples
Rights (ACHPR)s Secretary General Dr. Mary Maboreke
has reached both destinations by currier; being 5th November, 2015 for the ACHPR
and 9th November, 2015 for the AU.
It is
hoped by BNFA that the matter will be treated with the seriousness it deserves
by all parties concerned.