National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG)

‘Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime, police and service chiefs are the biggest obstacles to peace and tolerance in Zimbabwe’

Posted on August 21, 2016August 21, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has said President Robert Mugabe, government ministers, the police and service chiefs are the biggest obstacles to peace and tolerance in the country through their threats to people exercising their democratic rights to protest. NTJWG chairperson, Alec Muchadehama yesterday said the threats presented the single biggest stumbling block to peace and tolerance, before calling on Mugabe to uphold his constitutional mandate, which, among other things, states…

Rights NGOs Caution Gvt Against Pardoning Political Killers And Political Rapists’

Posted on September 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

RIGHTS NGOs have cautioned the State against pardoning those who have killed and raped in the name of politics. The NGOs said this in recommendations drawn under their umbrella National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG), a convergence of 48 NGOs selected to play watchdog to government efforts to restore peace. The NTJWG insists murder and rape ranked among international offences which warrant full trial and the punishment of perpetrators. “While acknowledging the role of amnesties…