The ANC Government has consistently denied there is a problem, but the subject was specifically addressed by Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founding President of Genocide Watch, at a press conference at the Transvaal Agricultural Union in Pretoria on December 5. Dr. Stanton doesn’t have a racial axe to grind. He was deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and worked against Apartheid with the United Democratic Front in 1989 – 1990 as a Fulbright Professor of Law at the University of Swaziland. Dr Stanton made his first research trip to South Africa in 2012 and saw the situation for himself. Genocide Watch became the first international human rights organization to protest the murders and hate crimes committed against farmers in South Africa. At his recent trip he noted that hate crimes against Afrikaner farmers have not declined and he warned that early warnings of genocide are still deep in South African society. Seemingly, presenting facts about South Africa - even without embellishment – is now internationally recognized as hate speech. These charges are in stark contrast to a complaint which was rejected by the SA Human Rights Commission which reached a finding that statements made by activists and political figures such as ‘Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer’ fall within the category of the freedom of expression and do not constitute hate speech. With an average of 45 murders per day, South Africa’s murder rate is one of the highest in the world and the murder rate of white farmers is far higher with a noticeable spike when the “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer” song is sung. Since the ANC took over, 19 years ago more than 4,000 white farmers – 210 per year have been murdered by blacks. As the efforts of people like Sunette Bridges, Dan Roodt, Steve Hofmeyr, long time off-shore campaigner, Adriana Stuijt and a handful of others are starting to have an effect, the denials and anger is mounting. However, global recognition of the truth is taking hold, albeit slowly. At the end of November Pieter Mulder, leader of the Freedom Front Plus political party representing mainly Afrikaans speaking whites, was afforded an opportunity to address the United Nations Human Rights Commission Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The commission’s theme for the year was “Preventing and addressing violence and atrocities targeted against minorities” and Mulder made four presentations highlighting the problems faced by the Afrikaner minority. He urged the forum to “recommend that the UN General Secretary initiate a full investigation to pressurize the SA government to immediately implement effective measures to put an end to these atrocities”. Not surprisingly the South African diplomat at the UN attacked the UN because it had given members of a minority the opportunity to address the Forum! newsrecord.co/renewed-efforts-silence-sa-human-rights-activists/
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:17:26 +0000
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