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ZANU
PF youth militia attack teacher
Youth Alliance for Democracy
September 16, 2009
Youth Alliance
for Democracy is disturbed by the beating of Duncan Mapasure, a
teacher at Mtasa Primary School in Mtasa district , Manicaland,
by ZANU PF youth militias on Friday 11 September 2009. Sources from
the Progressive
Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) confirmed the incident citing
that Duncan was severely assaulted for failing to abide to the call
by ZIMTA to embark on strike action in which the ZANU PF backed
union is calling for a salary increment of at least US$540-00 per
month.
Speaking on the phone
with YAD Media and Communication Officer, Duncan narrated his ordeal
saying 'I was attending classes on Thursday when they came in a
white Mahindra and demanded that all teachers should stop teaching
and stay home until Tsvangirayi removes sanctions. All teachers
then left as the situation was tense. The following day I went to
school to give my pupils a test and it was while I was invigilating
that test that they came and pulled me outside the classroom and
took turns to beating me up accusing me of being a sellout and a
puppet of the West.' Mr Mapasure sustained serious head injuries
and broken right hand.
It is unimaginable that
some youths are brain washed to an extent of demanding an end to
schooling when pupils are eager to learn considering that this is
the last term of the year with life determining exams in a month.
The stance by
the European delegation that, Zimbabwe needs to fully implement
the Global
Political Agreement, restore the rule of law and respect human
rights first before travel restrictions can be lifted makes sense,
considering the continued human rights abuses in the country. On
the other hand the position by SADC is a mockery to the crisis in
Zimbabwe as it only exposes the body's allegiance to President Mugabe.
We call upon the people
of Zimbabwe to expose any forms of human rights violations and harassment
and resist being used for political expediency.
Media and Communications
Desk
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663 567, +263 11 584 413
Telefax:
+263(4) 771110
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Avenue
Harare
Zimbabwe
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