Comments on: Our demands are just and legitimate

By: MediaChannel.org

MediaChannel.org — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:39:21 +0000

[...] Protests and Riots Students at Bindura University of Science Education protested last week: There was mayhem in Bindura yesterday the 22nd of April 2008 when Bindura University of Science Education BUSE students joined other students at tertiary institutions countrywide in protesting against the illegal regimeâ€™s efforts to cling onto power despite losing the March 29 harmonised elections. The angry students stormed the streets at around 10am and marched from the new to the old campus site chanting protest songs. The march was disrupted by ruthless and brutal armed soldiers who forced the students to stop the protest and assaulted several students in the melee. This led to the arrest of three student leaders who were quickly whisked away and are to appear in court today charged under the notorious Public Order and Security Act (POSA). Last week saw the opening of tertiary institutions nationwide mounted by massive protests by aggrieved students who could not take lightly the exorbitant fee hikes and the illegal delay in releasing the just ended Presidential poll results. The students vowed to continue protesting until the illegal Government of Robert Mugabe swallows its pride, accept defeat and leave office. [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Zimbabwe: Post-election violence on the rise

Global Voices Online » Zimbabwe: Post-election violence on the rise — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:18:16 +0000

[...] Protests and Riots Students at Bindura University of Science Education protested last week: There was mayhem in Bindura yesterday the 22nd of April 2008 when Bindura University of Science Education BUSE students joined other students at tertiary institutions countrywide in protesting against the illegal regimeâ€™s efforts to cling onto power despite losing the March 29 harmonised elections. The angry students stormed the streets at around 10am and marched from the newÂ to the old campus site chanting protest songs. The march was disrupted by ruthless and brutal armed soldiers who forced the students to stop the protest and assaulted several students in the melee. This led to the arrest of three student leaders who were quickly whisked away and are to appear in court today charged under the notorious Public Order and Security Act (POSA). Last week saw the opening of tertiary institutions nationwide mounted by massive protests by aggrieved students who could not take lightly the exorbitant fee hikes and the illegal delay in releasing the just ended Presidential poll results. The students vowed to continue protesting until the illegal Government of Robert Mugabe swallows its pride, accept defeat and leave office. [...]

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:10:54 +0000

I was born in Rhodesia in 1979, shortly before Mr Mugabe came to power. I lived there until I was eight years old, and have not been back since. Unfortunately I would not be able to take my three young children to my home country. It is my home country, and that has nothing to with race, wealth or anything other than a birthrite. My parents and their parents were born in Rhodesia, and until Mugabe got power, they had always lived there. My father is now 51, and would one day like to return home, I just wish that this will happen for him. I have spoken to many Zimbabweans that live outside their home country, and we all agree on one thing. Why has the world not stepped in to help the people of our country? They did so when Saddam was doing what he did to his people, and yet they stand by and allow Mugabe to continue persecuting his own people. What will it take for them to do something? Should he start putting them in prison camps and executing them? He already does that while the world watches. He has turned the whole country into one big prison, and has the ones with the guts to speak out against him arrested and executed behind closed doors. I am disgusted with how much the world is willing to accept from that man. The UN stands for human rights does it not? Well why aren’t they standing for those humans rights? People both black and white are being targeted, and nothing is being done. Why do they think Mugabe wont let the press into the country? Where is the freedom of speech and democracy? The people that do speak to the press have to fear for their lives, that’s not freedom.

The reason he is delaying the results, is so that he can fix the outcome. It’s obvious to everyone but those with the power to do something. As for South Africa stepping in, I lived there for ten years when I left Zimbabwe. Why does anyone expect them to help. That country is just as bad as Zimbabwe. The British and American givernments should be doing something, it was them that gave him power in the first place.

Free the people, take him down!!!