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Bulawayo women released but harassment continues
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
May 24, 2006

After spending a night in the cells at Njube police station, the five women arrested yesterday in Bulawayo have finally been released. Police will proceed by way of summons.

In a separate incident however, another member of WOZA was picked up by police today in Tshabalala. She had not participated in yesterday's demo. She went to pay school fees at Mahlabezulu School and upon her arrival the administration staff noticing her WOZA scarf asked her to step into their office. Police were called and she was told she was under arrest for participating in yesterday's demo. She apparently showed them a cheque that she had queued in a bank to obtain yesterday but they ignored this alibi. An illegal search of her home was conducted. At her home they found a WOZA t-shirt - written 'stop violence against women'. She was assaulted by a police officer until she named the person who had given her the t-shirt. This member of WOZA was then also arrested despite the fact that she has recently suffered a stroke and is visibly ill. Lawyers attended, warn and caution statements were signed and both women were released. Neither of these women had been in yesterday's demonstration.

Aluta Continua!!!

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