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To
those who were raped, injured, disabled, humiliated, abducted, killed
Edgar
Chikuvire, Restoration of Human Rights
(ROHR)
July 24, 2009
From the 24th
- 26th ROHR Zimbabwe is calling for everyone to wear
black in protest to ZANU PF . . .
Important Note:
ROHR Zimbabwe invites you to wear black attire on 24,25,26
July to protest the eclipse of peace in Zimbabwe and to remember
our fellow countrymen who lost lives, property and homes in the
political violence that preceded the June 27 sham elections.
A tribute
to the victims of political violnce
They know there
is more to life than just breathing,
A heartbeat
signifying a flow of blood and rage
Recalling
a moment when the sun stood still
and the
world came shattering at their doorsteps
To those whose
houses were torched and
saw the
roaring flames touch the pitch black sky,
whose
livestock was plundered while they watched,
watched
their daughters and wives being raped by menacing looking men in
party regalia,
regalia
they dreaded,
Their husbands
and fathers were harmed,
feeling their backs endure the iron whips and chains as they grimaced
in pain,
pain they hoped that someday,
somewhere an even greater force more powerful than them all
will mete
out the sweet rod of justice,
justice
and truth that will put their minds and souls to rest
But then the
greater force that came in the form of a union of three politicians,
seems to be far more interested in blanketing the sensitive past
with patronising language, calling people to forgive and forget
and move on In the spirit of inclusivity and dialogue and forget
that without peace of mind and the peace in the families will not
bring forth congruence needed in the communities and hence the peace
that the nation really yearn for will remain an elusive pitch black.
Visit the ROHR
fact
sheet
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