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Strikes and Protests 2007- Save Zimbabwe Campaign
Statement
on the Save Zimbabwe Campaign
Zimbabwe Human
Rights Association (ZimRights)
March 12, 2007
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ZimRights has learnt
with shock and disbelief about the death of one, and the injury,
arrest ,torture and unlawful detention of an unspecified number
of civilians, civic leaders and opposition political leaders as
they attempted to attend a peaceful prayer rally organised under
the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" on the 11th of March 2007.
We need not reiterate
that the freedoms of assembly, association, and expression are God-given
rights which no state has the authority to take away, alienate or
diminish under whatever circumstances. We especially denounce police
brutality in all its forms as manifested by the heavy-handed militaristic
response of the police upon citizens who were peacefully gathering
to pray for their country. It would appear that in its obsession
to keep people under its political control, the Zimbabwean government
is endangering many lives for mere political convenience. It goes
without saying that the police ban on rallies and gatherings is
clearly unconstitutional and therefore unlawful.
We send our
condolences to the family of the deceased, and express our sympathy
and solidarity with the detained and injured.
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