From Johannesburg, Zimbabweans in exile are doing what citizens do when the channels of participation at home have been closed to them — they are bearing witness from a distance. Citizens Watch Zimbabwe convened a media briefing to name what many already know: that constitutional erosion, economic hardship, and the quiet violence of exclusion have made leaving not a choice but a condition of survival. The diaspora's gathering is both a lament and a demand, a reminder that a nation's obligations to its people do not end at the border.
Zimbabweans abroad sound alarm on political, economic and rights crisis
Citizens report erosion of rights and forced migration due to political and economic pressures.