Special Prayer Vigil for Zimbabwe - London
This press release from The Zimbabwe Vigil:
Zimbabwean exiles in the United Kingdom are to observe a Prayer Vigil from 2 - 6 pm on Saturday, 21st April, outside the Zimbabwe Embassy, 429 Strand, London to mark what they say is a holocaust now taking place in their homeland.
The Vigil will be led by two visitors fresh from Zimbabwe, Useni Sibanda and Promise Manceda of the Zimbabwean Christian Alliance (ZCA). The ZCA spearheads the Save Zimbabwe Campaign, the umbrella organisation from which the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, and civic bodies in Zimbabwe are campaigning for change.
The Save Zimbabwe Campaign organised the prayer meeting on 11th March which resulted in the brutal assaults on many opposition activists including Morgan Tsvangirai, President of the MDC. This exploded the situation into international arena.
The Vigil has invited many church groups to be with us on this day which is the closest Saturday to Zimbabwe’s Independence Day, which we marked with demonstrations outside South Africa House, 10 Downing Street and Parliament (see Vigil Diary 18/04/2007, www.zimvigil.co.uk).
“Each time a man or a woman stands up for justice, the heavens sing and the world rejoices.”
Useni and Promise will be addressing the Central London Zimbabwe Forum on Monday, 23rd April at 7.30 pm. Venue: The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum at Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4JX, Nearest tube: Old Street.
