ROHR protested in Harare on Friday
ROHR took to the streets of Harare on Friday last week in a protest march.
More than 200 Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe (ROHR Zimbabwe) activists stormed the streets of Harare today at 1000hrs hours in a protest march. The demonstration was staged under the Demand for Democracy and Justice Campaign whose primary aim is to see Zimbabwe hold fresh elections for a new government and a leader of the people’s choice within two years. The campaign also seeks to push for the prosecution of perpetrators of the Post March 29 election violence most of which are being rewarded with public position in the GNU.
The demonstration which lasted for an hour began at Coppa-Cabana bus terminals corner Chinhoyi and Jason Moyo Street. The human rights activists marched along Leopold Takawira Street, turned into Nelson Mandela Avenue and into First Street before stopping at the intersection with George Silundika. They marched back along First Street towards the RBZ into Samora Machel Avenue where they turned left towards Zanu PF head quarters in Rotten Row. The protest captured the audience of weary Zimbabweans who were queuing for their money in the banks. Traffic in the CBD came to a standstill. More than 2000 fliers were distributed to the people in the streets and the banking queues.
The police reacted several minutes later by manning the streets of Harare and raiding ROHR Offices where they briefly detained and interrogated ROHR programs officer Mrs Mapanzure in a desperate attempt to get information concerning the demonstration, which remains illegal under the repressive Public Order and Security Act (POSA).
The Zimbabwean crisis continues unabated despite the fact that the principal parties to the crisis, Zanu-PF and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change, MDC, are engaged in talks aimed at arriving at a government of national unity. - ROHR Press Release
