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Police beat WOZA protestors
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
May 11, 2011

Members form the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were indiscriminately beaten by police in Bulawayo yesterday, 10 May during their demonstration against Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), who they claimed are short-changing the public.

The women were demanding that ZETDC to stop cheating fixed meter consumers, provide proper timetables of load shedding and urgently put in place a proper and transparent billing system.

WOZA demonstrators were ruthlessly beaten while they peacefully protested through slogans, calling for justice and freedom. Dozens of people were injured by the police, among them was the WOZA Co-co-ordinator Jenni William.

ZimRights condemns he unconstitutional behaviour exhibited by the police in depriving the women of their right to demand proper services from responsible authorities. This unwarranted police brutality must stop as it goes against the spirit of the Global Political Agreement. Zimbabwean citizens have a constitutional right to pretest or demonstrate when responsible authorities fail to deliver. ZETDC must fulfill its mandate and fairly provide electricity to consumers. People in most towns are going for weeks without electricity, without apologies or action being taken to rectify this anomaly.

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