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MDC calls for the immediate release of Gwisai
Movement for Democratic Change
February 21, 2011
The MDC calls
for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights activist
Munyaradzi Gwisai and 45 others who were arrested
on Saturday in Harare on baseless charges of plotting to topple
the government of Zimbabwe.
Gwisai, a former
MP for Highfield, is the general coordinator of International
Socialist Organisation (ISO). The arrests are a clear sign that
the police are denying the people of Zimbabwe their democratically
and constitutional rights of freedom of movement and gathering.
It is inconceivable for
the police to assume that a mere 46 people can topple a government
by simply viewing old video footage from Tunisia and Egypt. The
video material is already in the public domain and can be accessed
by anyone from anywhere in the world. The actions by the police
are a clear sign that the guilty are always afraid.
We are concerned by the
continued abuse of State machinery by Zanu PF to suppress the people's
views for narrow political gains by Zanu PF officials. We find it
strange that the police can find the machinery and manpower to arrest
innocent people when it is failing to do the same to Zanu PF hooligans
who are fanning political violence in Mbare and in the rural areas.
As a Party of Excellence,
the MDC urges the people of Zimbabwe to remain resolute and not
to be cowed into submission by a partisan police force that wants
to drag Zimbabwe into a failed State. We urge the people to remain
united in their fight for democracy and real change.
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