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365 days of incarceration: Daylight raping of justice
MDC
Youth Assembly
October
05, 2012
365
days ago, heavily armed policemen pounced on the Youth Assembly
President Solomon 'Mandela' Madzore's residence
in Waterfalls-Harare, rounded him and subsequently locked him up.
The President joined 28 other party members, leaders, human right
activists who had already been toiling under political persecution-tortured
and grossly ill-treated.
Today, the Youth
Assembly, the Party, Human rights activists and the nation at large,
bemoan the gross injustices, human rights abuses and heartless torture
that the Glen View 29 have gone through for over a year now.
World over, political
persecution of opponents has been a renowned characteristic of clueless
dictators who would have fast fallen out of favor with the masses-
yet history has shown us that those would be the tertiary symptoms
of the imminent departure of fascist regimes.
The world icon, Mandela
spent 27 years in incarceration in the hands of the brutal apartheid
regime, and it fell. Martin Luther Jnr., Mahatma Gandhi, Raila Odinga,
Wamba de Wamba among others were all persecuted yet emerged victors
over fascisms and dictatorships.
The brutal Zanu PF regime
has tortured, maimed and killed innocent civilians and political
activists in their now 32 year power retention quest. President
Morgan Tsvangirai has been brutalized, prosecuted but the people
have continued to rally behind him and clearly spoken out for change.
Nelson Chamisa, Elton Mangoma, Jestina Mukoko, Munyaradzi Gwisai
and others, Jennie Williams among other influential activists have
suffered regrettable brutality and prosecution in the jaws of the
regime.
The incarceration
of the Glen View 29 is a clear case of political persecution meant
to send chills of trepidation to the sons and daughters of Zimbabwe.
It is an apparent case of aggravated efforts by Zanu PF to destabilize
the Youth Assembly, the Party and the broader pro-democracy movement.
The clueless Zanu PF which has been rejected by the people and has
also failed-in fact has no means- to appeal to the peace loving;
democracy-thirsty citizens of Zimbabwe has shown its desperation
and resorted to violence, terror and persecution to prolong its
stay in power.
The Youth Assembly would
like to painstakingly affirm that its foundations remain strong
and will continue to demand justice. Their rights to fair trial,
personal liberty, and human dignity have been trampled upon. Their
freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment; freedom of movement and residence; have been curtailed.
We cannot afford anymore to watch as the fundamental freedoms and
human rights of sons and daughters of Zimbabwe are grossly disregarded.
The MDC Youth Assembly
would like to demand the unconditional release of these prisoners
of conscience and the restoration of their freedoms and rights.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Justice Now. Justice
delayed is justice denied. FREE THEM NOW.
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