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Government
assault on human rights condemned
Zimbabwe
Liberators Platform (ZLP)
March 14, 2007
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The Zimbabwe Liberators Platform strongly condemns the Zimbabwe
government's brutal and ruthless assault of Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, National
Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairman Lovemore Madhuku and
several of their colleagues. An unarmed civilian was shot dead by
the police on Sunday.
Tsvangirai,
Madhuku, Arthur Mutambara and colleagues were arrested by Harare
police on 11 March 2007 on their way to a prayer rally. Most of
them were sadistically assaulted for two days before they were taken
to court.
With a swollen
face and partly shaven head which was seriously injured, the MDC
leader struggled to disembark from a police truck at the Harare
magistrate's court on Tuesday. His condition has been described
as critical. Madhuku's arm was bandaged or in plaster, apparently
broken as a result of the assault. His head was also bandaged. He
was badly beaten several times before.
There was no justification whatsoever for murdering a defenceless
civilian and assaulting the opposition and NCA leaders. Government
blatantly violates human rights, including the right to life. It
uses brutal repression to suppress peaceful demonstrations and protests
against bad governance, economic hardships and collapsed social
services.
Even WOZA
women demonstrators were ruthlessly assaulted in Gweru recently.
Zimbabwe Congress
of Trade Unions Secretary General Wellington Chibhebhe sustained
a broken arm following a brutal assault by the police last year.
Who protects the people when the police assault them?
Incidentally, the Rhodesian racist regime used repression against
the black majority, including the current leadership, while protecting
the white minority. The Mugabe regime fights the people it purportedly
liberated.
The war of liberation
fought repression, violation of human rights, racism, discrimination,
injustice, etc. The people of Zimbabwe expected the new government
to introduce and uphold the values of human rights and freedoms,
the rule of law, justice, equality, political tolerance, truth,
integrity, transparency and accountability.
Unfortunately,
this government will leave a legacy of repression, corruption, human
rights violations and abuse, defiance of court orders, lies, disrespect
for the truth, abuse of state media, political patronage, etc. History
will judge it very harshly indeed!
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