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Breaking the Silence, Building True Peace
CCJP
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1997
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Breaking the Silence, Building True Peace
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace & Legal Resources Foundation · 1997
What it is
The report on the violence in Matabeleland and the Midlands in the 1980s, compiled from survivors’ testimony.
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A human-rights report built on survivors’ testimony.
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