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Arnold Tsunga - Wikipedia

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Arnold Tsunga was the Director of the Africa Regional Programme of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) until 2020.

Career background

Before joining the ICJ, he was the Executive Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) as well as the acting Executive Secretary of the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) and the National Chairperson of Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights). He served as a Humphrey Fellow at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights is a human rights organization that provides legal representation to victims of human rights abuses and also defends human rights defenders who are arrested and detained in Zimbabwe. Tsunga has helped document human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and brought them to the attention of the international community. The ZLHR now plays a major role in defending against sustained attacks on the rule of law and human rights in Zimbabwe and in the struggle against impunity in the Southern African region.

He is a trustee of Voice of the People (VOP), a communications trust was established in the year 2000 as an alternative voice for Zimbabweans and advocates for the opening up of the airwaves in Zimbabwe. He faced criminal charges of broadcasting on the radio without a license and went on trial on September 25, 2006, in Zimbabwe. The judge dismissed the case after the government sought a continuance. The case is widely viewed as the many that the regime in Zimbabwe uses to intimidate human rights lawyers from doing their work.

Recognition

In 2006, he was awarded the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders and he was honored as a Human Rights Defender in 2006 by Human Rights Watch among many other awards. In 2004, he was a finalist for the US-based Civil Courage Prize, which "honors civil courage — steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk — rather than military valor".^[1] He ultimately won a "Certificate of Distinction in Civil Courage" and a $1,000 cash prize.^[2] In 2013, Tsunga was elected as a member of the Zimbabwean Parliament.

References

^ "Civil Courage Prize". Civil Courage Prize. 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "Certificates of Distinction in Civil Courage". Civil Courage Prize. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

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Members of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe (2013–2018)

v t e Senate
President: Edna Madzongwe (ZANU–PF) · Deputy President: Chenhamo Chimutengwende (ZANU–PF)
ZANU–PF	Bhebe Buka Chimbudzi Chimutengwende Chizema Goto Hungwe Jadagu Kangai Khaya-Moyo Machaya Machingaifa Madzongwe Mahofa Mahvaire Maluleke Manyeruke Masuku Matema Mathuthu Matiirira Mavhunga Mawire Mkhwebu Mohadi Muchena Muchenje Mumbengegwi Mumvuri Mupfumira Musaka Mutsvangwa Muzenda Nyambuya Parirenyatwa Sekeramayi Tawengwa
MDC–T	Carter Chabuka Chifamba Chitaka Hlalo Holland Juba Komichi Mabhugu Makore Marava Mlotshwa Moeketsi Muchihwa Muronzi Ncube Nyathi A. Sibanda W. Sibanda Sinampande Timveos
MDC–N	Khumalo Ndhlovu
Chiefs	Charumbira Chiduku Chisunga Chitanga Dandawa Gampu Gwenzi Masendu Marozva Mtshane Musarurwa Nebiri Nembire Ngungumbane Ntabeni Nyamukoho Nyangazonke Siansole
Persons with disabilities	Mashavakure Shiri

v t e National Assembly
Speaker: Jacob Mudenda (ZANU–PF) · Deputy Speaker: Mabel Chinomona (ZANU–PF)
ZANU–PF	Beremauro Bhasikiti Bimha Butau Chakona Chapfika Chasi Chibagu Chidavaenzi Chidhakwa Chigudu Chigumba Chikukwa Chikuni Chikwama Chikwinya Chimedza Chimene Chimwamurombe Chinamasa Chinomona Chinotimba Chiota Chipanga Chipato Chitindi Chitura Chivamba Chiwa Chiwetu Chombo Damasane Dhewa Dziva Gandawa Gava Gezi Goche Gumbo Gwanetsa Gwanongodza Haritatos Hlongwane Hungwa Jaboon Kachepa Kadungure Kagonye Kanengoni-Malinga Kanhanga Kasukuwere Katsande Kaukonde Kaundikiza Kazembe Kereke Khanye Khumalo Kuruneri Kwaramba Langa Mabuwa Machingura Madanha Madondo Mahoka Makoni Makunde Mandipaka Mandiwanzira Mangwende Mapiki Marapira Marumahoko Masamvu Masiya Mashange Mashayamombe Mashonganyika Matambanadzo Matangaidze Matimba Matiza Matuke Mavenyengwa Mawere Mbwembwe Mguni Mhlanga Mhona Midzi Mlambo Mliswa Mnkandla Mohadi Mombeshora E. Moyo J. Moyo L. Moyo Mnangagwa B. Mpofu M. Mpofu O. Mpofu R. Mpofu S. Mpofu Mtingwende Muchenje Muchetwa Muchinguri Mudambo Mudarikwa Mudau Muderedzwa Mufunga Mujuru Mukanduri Mukwangwariwa Mukwena Muponora Musanhu Mushohwe Musiiwa Musvaire Mutasa (Chingosho) Mutematsaka Mutezo Mutomba Mutsvangwa Muzenda Mzembi A. Ncube D. Ncube S. Ncube Alice Ndhlovu Anastancia Ndhlovu Ndlovu Ndoro Nduna Nguni Nkatazo Mail Nkomo Malachi Nkomo Nleya Nyahino Nyamupinga Nyanhongo Nyere Nyoni Paradza Passade Pedzisai Phiri Porusingazi Runesu Rungani Ruvai Savanhu Shamu Shongedza Shumba C. Sibanda M. Sibanda Z. Sibanda Simbanegavi Thembani Tongofa Tsogorani Tsomondo Undenge Vutete Zemura Zhanda P. Zhou T. Zhou Zindi Ziyambi
MDC–T	Banda Bhebhe Biti Budha Bunjira (Muguti) Chamisa Chibaya Chidakwa Chimanikire Chinanzvavana Chitembwe Chirisa Cross Dube Gonese Khumalo Khuphe Labode Machingauta Madzimure P. Madzore S. Madzore Mahlangu Maondera Mathe Mhlanga Majaya Majome Makonya Manyengawana Mashakada Masuku Mataruse Matibenga Matienga Maridadi G. Moyo R. Moyo Mpariwa Muchenje Mudzuri Mukwishu Munengami Munochinzwa Murai Musundire Mutseyami Muzhavazhi Muzondiwa Muzungu Ndebele Nkomo D. Ndlovu N. Ndlovu Nyathi Sansole Saruwaka D. Sibanda L. Sibanda Sithole Tarusenga B. Tshuma D. Tshuma Tsunga Watson Zvidzai Zwizwai
MDC–N	Misihairabwi-Mushonga Toffa
Independent	Samukange

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