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ZINASU demonstrates at Parliament
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
Oct 14, 2008

More than 500 hundred students from across the country staged a massive demonstration at the Parliament of Zimbabwe today, the 14th of October 2008. The disgruntled students demanded an immediate redress to the current crisis in the education sector. They marched from Zimrights House towards the Parliament and handed over a petition to the August House which resumed sitting today. The angry students braved the armed riot police who disrupted the protesting students more than four times.

The students were met at the Parliament by more than 150 armed policemen who denied them access to the August House but the President of ZINASU Clever Bere and the Legal and Social Welfare Secretary, Courage Ngwarai defied the police and handed over the petition leading to their arrest outside the Parliament. Another truck load of policemen with dogs arrived soon after and unleashed a reign of terror on the unarmed students leading to the arrest of five more, injuring ten others in the process. Among those who were seriously injured is the Gender and Human Rights Secretary, Priviledge Mutanga who sustained head injuries and a swollen arm. Obert Masaraura a Zinasu General Councilor from Midlands State University sustained serious head injuries and has been admitted at the Avenues Clinic.

ZINASU condemns such acts of barbarism by the policemen. It is sad to note that human rights violations by the state apparatus continue amid the current talks between the major political parties in the country. The presence of the Chief negotiator former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki, did not deter the shameless policemen from brutalizing the innocent students. The students vowed to continue demonstrating until sanity prevails in the education sector.

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