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1] Letter by @JobSikhala1 from prison:
"No matter the adversities, the liberation of our people from oppression and persecution can not be postponed any further. My persecution is a reflection of the suffering our people have been going through one generation after the other"
"No matter the adversities, the liberation of our people from oppression and persecution can not be postponed any further. My persecution is a reflection of the suffering our people have been going through one generation after the other"
2] @JobSikhala1:
"In this instance, I am in complete shock of the reasons for my persecutions. there is no crime i committed. The plot and the plan of the dictatorship is to break me down. i will never be broken down because the demand for a free and just society is a calling.."
"In this instance, I am in complete shock of the reasons for my persecutions. there is no crime i committed. The plot and the plan of the dictatorship is to break me down. i will never be broken down because the demand for a free and just society is a calling.."
3] @JobSikhala1:
"Even if I die in the concentration camp called Chikurubi Maximum Prison, dear Zimbabweans remember me. Remember that it is because of our freedom, happiness and liberty that has been robbed from one generation to another, that I met my fate.."
"Even if I die in the concentration camp called Chikurubi Maximum Prison, dear Zimbabweans remember me. Remember that it is because of our freedom, happiness and liberty that has been robbed from one generation to another, that I met my fate.."
1. Soon people will be left with no option but to confront their oppressors using the means they never thought capable! When Injustice is so blatant, when officers of court & journalists are persecuted what of us the rabble? Mayor Jacob Mafume must be released! #FreeJacobMafume
2. Alan Moyo is being persecuted for being the voice of the voiceless. We know that students are the vanguard of democracy. By incarcerating him, the bloodthirsty junta is trying to muffle the few voices of reason that remain. #FreeAllanMoyo
3. Fadzayi is a consistent voice for justice. She is being persecuted because she brings a fresh impetus to the stale politics of geriatrics and viagra-saturated patriarchal chauvinists. She must be freed! #FreeFadzayiMahere
Update on #FreeHopewell
1/3 Hopewell Chin’ono’s challenge to his placement on remand in the obstructing the course of justice case was dismissed earlier today by Magistrate Gofa. The State has opposed bail and called the investigating officer and D.I. Chirape to give evidence.
1/3 Hopewell Chin’ono’s challenge to his placement on remand in the obstructing the course of justice case was dismissed earlier today by Magistrate Gofa. The State has opposed bail and called the investigating officer and D.I. Chirape to give evidence.
2/3 Under cross examination, the I.O. conceded that the only tweet before the court about the NPA consenting to bail for Henrietta Rushwaya does not constitute an offense. He insisted the charge is based on another tweet which was never placed before the court. #FreeHopewell
3/3 Hopewell’s bail hearing will continue tomorrow Wed 11 Nov at 2:15pm for re-examination of the witness by the State. He remains incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. For more follow @KumbiraiMafunda or watch @eNCA at 19:30 tonight. #FreeHopewell
I tried different shops and it’s the closest I could find #ZimbabweanLivesMatter #RedAndWhiteSolidarity #PoliticalPrisonersZW #FreeHopewell #FreeJacob
I continue to express solidarity with Zimbabwe’s political prisoners #ZimbabweanLivesMatter #RedAndWhiteSolidarity
My mate says you need one image of hope, so here’s one with a hint of a smile. “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”, Shawshank Redemption #ZimbabweanLivesMatter #RedAndWhiteSolidarity
1. The clock is universal but the hands of time move slowly when you’ve nothing to do. One must find something to occupy the mind. Political detainee Hopewell Chin’ono asked for books so that he could find something to do. The prison authorities said no #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
2. On second thoughts, maybe Hopewell should have asked for George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984. They would probably have been apoplectic with rage if he had asked for this copy which I picked up today when I visited my favourite bookshop for the 1st time in months #FreeHopewell
3. They also refused him warm home-cooked food despite a High Court order that he should be granted access to food. I did warn that the phrase “in line with reasonable administrative procedures” would be abused by the authorities. Here we are. The order means nothing to them.
In our #ZimbabweanLivesMatter Series, today we profile Hopewell Chin’ono who like Jacob Ngarivhume is at Chikurubhi Maximum Prison for twitting about corruption
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@dzikamaibere @ZimHRNGOForum @zenzele @ZLHRLawyers @zimlive @SwedeninZW @UNHumanRights @hrw @HRF @humanrights1st
On page 5 of the 2018 election manifesto, dubbed, “ZANU PF 2018 Peoples Manifesto” President @edmnangagwa was described as an engaging and highly accessible leader who among other things listens to the people
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter #FreeZimbabwe @hrw
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#ZimbabweanLivesMatter #FreeZimbabwe @hrw
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The manifesto, which used the motto, “The voice of the people is the voice of God, further notes that @edmnangagwa will uphold ethical governance practices that demand accountability, transparency, and responsibility in the management of public resources and the economy.
Tiri pachirangano. For Hopewell, Jacob and all the other political prisoners. You’re walking in the footsteps of a great man #ZimbabweanLivesMatter #FreeHopewell #FreeJacob
Look at that prison guard. I don’t know his name or where he is now. But his look was one of awe and admiration. Mdhara Morgan opened the way. It’s an iconic image of the struggle #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter How do they find sleep?
Zimbabwe is bound by International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
On 23 July 2020, the Human Rights Committee issued General Comment 37 on the Right of Peaceful Assembly in Art 21 of the ICCPR:
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#FreeZimbabwe #FreeThemAll #FreeHopewell
On 23 July 2020, the Human Rights Committee issued General Comment 37 on the Right of Peaceful Assembly in Art 21 of the ICCPR:
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#FreeZimbabwe #FreeThemAll #FreeHopewell
Excerpts from General Comment 37 below:
2. "6. Article 21 protects peaceful assemblies wherever they take place: outdoors, indoors & online; in public & private spaces; or a combination thereof.
2. "6. Article 21 protects peaceful assemblies wherever they take place: outdoors, indoors & online; in public & private spaces; or a combination thereof.
3."6.(ctd)Assemblies...take many forms, including demonstrations, protests, meetings, processions, rallies, sit-ins, candlelit vigils & flash-mobs...13. While...assembly implies...more than one participant in the gathering, a single protester enjoys comparable protections."
Herewith #NdebeleTwitter #UmnxebaWodumo
Episode 7
My Plumtree Experience
Umalume as some of you might not know, usebenza izinto ezinengi. He is a defender of the #Zimbabwe Constitution against the #2ndAmendment. So I was deployed ePram ukuyafundisa abadala.
Episode 7
My Plumtree Experience
Umalume as some of you might not know, usebenza izinto ezinengi. He is a defender of the #Zimbabwe Constitution against the #2ndAmendment. So I was deployed ePram ukuyafundisa abadala.
2. Phela to make money ethe xaxa in these missions kumele uhlakaniphe. Instead of ukuyalala eOmadu, I decided ukucela indawo yokulala emzini Wabantu. Challenge, angazimuntu. Needed a solid plan. Ngenzenjani? I decided to wayawaya, oluzulayo ngoludobhayo bo Jo
3. I decided ukuya eskotshweni. OMrs Njiva bonke bathe fatsha bhoyi. ICovid ivalele amadoda ngale, sebengomazakhela. Lenkulumo zakhona uyazizwa ukuthi hayi mani, uyashota umthobanhliziyo. I stood there deciding ukuthi ngingene siphi
1. Yesterday I said the regime would throw up a trick to divert attention from the looting under the Farm Mechanisation Scheme. The arrest of Hopewell Chin’ono & Jacob Ngarivhume is supposed to do that. Regime wants to take back control of the narrative. But #PayBackOurMoney
2. One way to deflect attention from the Farm Mechanisation scam is to do something so outrageous that it dwarfs the attention on looting, like the arrests. But still, Zimbabweans refuse to be hoodwinked. They want beneficiaries to #PayBackOurMoney Simple!
3. The regime wants to silence voices of dissent. This is not just about Hopewell or Jacob. This is about every citizen who wants to exercise their freedom of expression, assembly or to demonstrate. It’s about silencing social media, which has neutralised & outdone old propaganda
