Attention to all those in the UK: Stolen Elections Protest - 30 April 2005
Organised by the <
a href="http://www.zimvigil.co.uk/">Zimbabwe Vigil Coalition. Please email savezimbabwe@hotmail.co.uk if you have any questions about the protest.
The outcome of the recent parliamentary elections, have left Zimbabweans back home in a state of shock and confusion. We, in the diaspora, need to act to help those back home. Reflecting this, the Vigil has been approached by Zimbabweans in the UK wanting to become more active. Plans are underway for a demonstration outside the Embassy from 1400 - 1800 on 30th April to protest against the stolen elections and to launch a campaign for Zimbabweans in the diaspora to work together to take a more active role in helping our brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe.
What you can do
- Come and join us
- Spread the word
- Make banners and placards
Some suggestions for banners, placards etc.
- Each day of Mugabe’s regime is a day too long. Every 24 hours 96 Zimbabwean children die of AIDS. Zimbabwe has highest child death rate in the world. (Unicef Report)*
* reported by BBC, 17th March 2005 - Zimbabwe’s Stolen Elections
- Huge discrepancies between votes cast and votes announced.
- Voters’ roll numbers 5.7 million, actual electorate 3.2 million - over 2 million ghost voters.
- Army believed to have filled in ballot papers for these ghost names ahead of the elections.
- Police and army in charge of manning all polling stations.
- South African President Thabo Mbeki declared Zimbabwe’s elections to be free and fair before the elections.
- No American and European monitors allowed.
- Half the electorate has fled the country and was not allowed to vote.
- Zanu-PF withholds food from suspected opposition supporters.
- Villagers warned that constituencies voting MDC would be denied food after the election.
Vigil co-ordinators
The Vigil, outside the Zimbabwe Embassy, 429 Strand, London, takes place every Saturday from 14.00 to 18.00 to protest against gross violations of human rights by the current regime in Zimbabwe. The Vigil which started in October 2002 will continue until internationally-monitored, free and fair elections are held in Zimbabwe.
