Bishop Rubin Phillip
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Sun, 2010-07-25 12:47.
Bishop Rubin Phillip | press_update | The Attack AbM in Kennedy Road Click here to read this article in Italian.
Statement from Bishop Rubin Phillip
21 July 2010
Why a full and independent enquiry remains vital
Over the past months we have continued to receive strong support for our intention to convene an independent Commission of Enquiry into the awful violence that was visited on the shack settlement of Kennedy Road in September 2009. Only such an enquiry will really help us all sift truth from lies, and establish a full picture of the events and their ongoing aftermath, as well as the full context and implications of what has happened. From community organisations and senior church leadership in this country, to community-based organisations in London and justice groups in congregations in Scotland, to senior international figures in the churches and the human rights scene, we have been moved and encouraged by their commitment to and active interest in finding the truth. These developments, together with the extraordinary support and wise counsel of many we are working with on the matter, keep us resolute and confident. Confident not only that the Commission process will happen but that when it does, it will deliver an outcome of unquestionable integrity. The necessary groundwork to facilitate the Commission's work is under way.
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Sun, 2010-07-11 18:14.
Bishop Rubin Phillip | Church Land Programme | court | kennedy 12 Justice on Trial
A statement at the commencement of the trial of the Kennedy 12
11 July 2010
In September 2009 attacks took place in the Kennedy Road settlement against the leadership of the shack-dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo. Those attacks shook our society, and led some to observe that our hard won democracy was under attack. As the trial finally commences on Monday 12 July 2010 against those whom the state has chosen to prosecute in relation to the attacks, we remain deeply dismayed and critical of the fact that no-one has been arrested and charged:
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2010-05-06 17:17.
Bishop Rubin Phillip | Kennedy Road | Nozuko Hulushe | The Attack on AbM in Kennedy Road | The Kennedy 5 | The KwaZulu-Natal Church Leaders' Group This statement was released on 26 April 2010
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE KWAZULU-NATAL CHURCH LEADERS GROUP
As church leaders in KwaZulu Natal, we have noted a public statement (see footnote) released by the shack dweller’s movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo on Tuesday 20 April 2010. This statement makes explicit the continued, criminal and violent intimidation of members of Abahlali in Kennedy Road by elements of the ruling party, the ANC. This violence, oppression and intimidation continues the sustained attack on Abahlali in Kennedy Road, the low-light of which was surely the organised and violent attack launched in the night on September 28th of last year. We are not just disturbed by Abahlali's most recent statement, we are outraged and we cannot remain silent.
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2009-11-30 14:25.
Bishop Rubin Phillip | Celani Sikhakhane | Isolezwe | The Kennedy Thirteen | Zulu http://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5266707
Olwasemijondolo lungenelelwe yiBandla lamaSheshi
November 30, 2009 Edition 1
CELANI SIKHAKHANE
ABEBANDLA lamaSheshi KwaZulu-Natal bathi bazosungula uphenyo oluzimele ngezigameko zokuhlaselwa kwabahlali basemijondolo yakuKennedy Road.
Leli bandla likusho lokhu ngemuva kokuzwakalisa ukunganeliseki ngendlela amaphoyisa aqhuba ngayo uphenyo ngokubulawa kwabantu okwenzeke ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kuleya mijondolo .
UMbhishobhi waleli bandla, uRuben Phillip, uthe ngenxa yokunganeliseki ngokuphenya kwamaphoyisa, sebethathe isinqumo sokuba bazisungulele bona uphenyo oluzimele noluzocacisa kabanzi ngokuhlukumezeka kwabantu kuleya mijondolo .
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2009-11-30 14:12.
Bishop Rubin Phillip | court | Diakonia Council of Churches | The Kennedy Thirteen 28 November 2009
Diakonia Council of Churches
'Produce the evidence’, demands Bishop Rubin Phillip
Anglican Bishop Rubin Phillip has demanded that the state provides evidence in the case against the Kennedy Road 13, or release the accused.
Bishop Rubin Phillip was addressing about fifty people, mostly church leaders and family members of the Kennedy 13, who had gathered for a prayer service organised by Diakonia Council of Churches, at the Durban Magistrates’ Courts.
In a moving speech Bishop Rubin said, “What we are demanding from the state is that they provide the evidence that these men did wrong. If they did indeed do anything wrong, then prosecute them. If there is no evidence, release them now.”
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2009-11-19 09:23.
Bishop Rubin Phillip | court | police | The Kennedy Thirteen Grave Concerns about the Detention without Trial of the Kennedy Thirteen:
This Travesty Must End
18 November 2009
After their 6th inconclusive bail hearing today, it is now abundantly clear that the legal process for the Kennedy 13 is a complete travesty of justice. They are scheduled to appear again on the 27th November. By that time, some of accused will have been in prison for 2 months without trial - two months in prison without any evidence being presented to a court and without a decision on bail. This is a moral and legal outrage that amounts to detention without trial by means of delay. In our view, it borders on unlawful detention. I am, tonight, issuing a call for their immediate release - justice has been delayed far beyond the point at which it was clear that it had been denied.
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