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campaign messages - judge for yourself
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
July 06, 2012
WOZA women
spent 48 hours in the hell hole that is Bulawayo central police
station cells. During that time the police hid two of them away
in an office denying access to them. Police officers lied that they
had rushed Sibongile Lumbile to hospital, instead they ignored her
breathing problems and made her sit hidden away in an office thereby
denying her access to food for the night. Food has to be brought
in by the support team as the police arrest people whom they cannot
feed.
The activists
had an extra day in custody due to the police homicide department
refusing to accept the case and process the activists for court.
The excuse - WOZA can only be dealt with by the notorious Law and
Order department! Police in this unit are plain clothed intelligence
officers who target opposition voices in Zimbabwe. Officers in this
department have pursued WOZA and its leaders on political orders
as if WOZA is a public enemy rather than a women's movement peacefully
fighting for social justice.
These are just
some of the reasons one of the messages painted on the roads reads
'Fire Chihuri' - he is the police commissioner appointed by the
President and leads a partisan police force.
Judge for yourself
but send us your views or questions regarding this! To help you
here are the messages reflected in the police docket put in court
papers. The police are accusing the ladies of writing the following
messages on the main roads:
Sibongile Lumbile
accused of writing 'DEVOLUTION'. Catherine, Violet and Vigilant
accused of writing 'DEVOLUTION OF POWER' Mpikelelo, Eunice and Teresia
accused of writing 'NO TO DEATH PENALTY' Miriam and Ottilia accused
of writing 'No to snap elections and Go and register to vote'
WOZA would like
to also acknowledge the hundreds of members who participated in
the Monday write-in of messages all over the western suburbs of
Bulawayo and Harare. These are some of their messages they wrote:
- Free + safe
streets
- Freedom of
peaceful protest
- We want Separation
of powers
- Gender equality
- Free primary
school education
- Devolution
for development
- No to death
penalty
- Women demand
equal pay
- Women demand
Protection from violence
- Informal
trade + licenses
- Young President
2 terms
- Fire Chihuri
- Fire AG Tomana
- Fire Mudede
- Referendum
first
- Boycott snap
election
- Resources
for development
- Remove militia
- Refugees
in our own country
Visit
the WOZA fact
sheet
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