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Students living in fear
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
May 16, 2007

Bindura
For attending the recently held ZINASU General Council meeting over the weekend, three students from Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) Tinashe Madamombe, Moreblessing Mabhunu and Chiedza Gadzirayi are being hunted down by members of the Central intelligence Organisation (CIO) and others from the police Criminal Investigating Department (CID). Since Sunday night, the CIOs (including one identified as Mutasa) and the CID members (including a one Makoni) have been constantly seen on campus in a white mazda pick up truck especially at night looking for the three. However, Tinashe and Moreblessing have since moved out of the campus residence after they received anonyous calls threatening them with death if they were to continue to associate themselves with ZINASU, which they labelled to be an appendage of the MDC.

At the same time, the two are also being searched for in connection with attending an MDC rally held in Bindura some 2 weeks ago. They said they had to 'deal' with them for singing derogatory songs and also for addressing the crowd that had gathered there.

Chiedza and Tinashe have also received threats for being secretary and spokesperson respectively for the newly formed Bindura Residence Association citing that having been assisted by CHRA to form the residence association was an MDC initiative to 'infiltrate' what they term 'a no-go territory' in reference to Bindura and an insult to Manyika.
Just early this morning, Mabhunu received a call from a CID officer Makoni who was alleging that the three are at an 'advanced stage' in planning to burn a building at the university saying that instructions and funding came from ZINASU at the General Council meeting.

. . . Meanwhile, the two students, Prosper Munatsi and Munyaradzi Chikorohondo who were arrested at the University of Zimbabwe on the 10th of May 2007 after a demonstration were released today and the state will proceed by way of summons. Students were protesting against the on-going strike by University lecturers and ever deteriorating living conditions on campus.

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