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| Solomon Madzore |
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.
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| Nelson Mandela in prison |
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.
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| Johannes Tomana |
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.
Together to end,building a youth with a difference.
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