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Zimbabwe parliamentary panel shortlists 16 candidates for human rights body.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by London-based Zimbabwe independent Short Wave Radio Africa on 13 October

[Report by Tichaona Sibanda: "16 Candidates Shortlisted for Human Rights Commission"]

A Law lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, Dr Ellen Sithole, was the leading candidate after Monday's interviews to sit on the country's first ever statutory human rights commission.

She was closely followed by Bulawayo based lawyer Kucaca Phulu. The two are part of a list of 16 candidates from a list of 35 applicants who were short listed, following the interviews in Harare. There are 8 women and 8 men. Initially 112 candidates applied but that figure was whittled down to 35 by …

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