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The abuse must end now, say Harare women
SAPA
September 16, 2004

Harare - About 50 women from the pressure group Women Of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) demonstrated outside the South African embassy in Harare on Thursday, calling for an end to human rights abuses in the country.

Singing protest songs and carrying banners calling for an end to harsh press and public order laws, the women tied red ribbons on the embassy's perimeter fence in "memory of those killed and starved to death by the Zimbabwe regime," said Woza head Jenni Williams.

Williams told Sapa that the demonstration was timed to coincide with the opening of South Africa's parliament.

"We're here to tell South African President Thabo Mbeki that we are going to end his quiet diplomacy in this country. We want more fire."

The demonstration, which lasted for half an hour, ended peacefully when the women left before police arrived. - Sapa

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