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Beatings, jailings, intimidation,—the continued harassment of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe must end.
As violence spread throughout Zimbabwe following the initial round of Presidential elections, members of the women’s rights organization, Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA), appealed to regional authorities to help end the crisis. As WOZA members peacefully marched to the Zambian embassy to ask for assistance, police descended on the crowd arresting fourteen members.
WOZA leaders, Jenni Williams and Magadonga Mahlangu, were among those arrested, and consequently spent more than a month in jail after arbitrarily being denied bail.
New Signs of Attacks in Zimbabwe as Mbeki Arrives
New Signs of Attacks in Zimbabwe as Mbeki Arrives
By Celia W. Dugger
The New York Times
Saturday 10 May 2008
Johannesburg - President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa arrived in Zimbabwe on Friday for talks with the country's longtime leader, Robert Mugabe, as fresh evidence emerged that forces sponsored by Mr. Mugabe's government are accelerating their attacks on the political opposition.
With an election runoff looming between Mr. Mugabe and the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, the question diplomats are confronting is not just whether a free and fair election is possible under the current circumstances, but also how to stop the increasing violence.
