ACTSA, the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement which campaigned for independence and freedom for the people of Zimbabwe, is now calling on the Zimbabwean government and other SADC governments to implement the immediate release of election results. The delay in releasing the presidential election results has created tension and uncertainty and will undoubtedly cast serious doubt on their credibility when released. ACTSA is using the occasion of Zimbabwe Independence day to call for democracy for Zimbabwe; that the will of the Zimbabwean people be reflected in the election results, against the growing violence, intimidation and human rights abuses which continue to take place in Zimbabwe.
ACTSA is standing in solidarity with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions which is undertaking a national stay-away from Tuesday 15 April until the full election results are released. ZCTU are also protesting against the latest hike in income tax to a staggering 60% for those left in employment.
At 2pm on Saturday 29th March, on the day of the Zimbabwean elections, folks gathered to highlight the dangers that people who have fled Zimbabwe will face, if they are forcibly returned there.
Zimbabwean Asylum Rights Demo @ Speakers Corner, Nottingham
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/395015.html *****
Zimbabwe Association for information and asylum assistance
Zimbabwe Association Ltd
Development House
56-64 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4JX
020 7549 0355
zimbabweassociation@yahoo.co.uk http://www.zimbabweassociation.co.uk Association of Zimbabwean Journalists in the UK (AZJ-UK)
http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com CurrentTV video pod on the issue:
http://current.com/items/85017441_mugabe_s_millions ..... and earlier, on asylum issues:
No Borders Nottingham
http://www.nobordersnottingham.org.uk Protest against Deportations to Northern Iraq (Kurdistan)
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/08/321695.html Nottingham Police Station :: Forced Deportations Continue
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/08/321950.html Occupation at Labour Party Offices for East Midlands
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/308040.html Anti-Deportation Protest at Nottingham Magistrates Court
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2006/03/334914.html No Borders Nottingham 'National Day of Action on Asylum Rights'
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/05/371109.html Nottingham demo against deportations to Congo
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/366550.html Situation in the Congo is worsening as deportations continue
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/03/366596.html Nottingham Congolese Community demonstrated against continued deportations
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/374765.html Nottingham Market Sq Demo against deportation flights to Congo
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/379807.html ____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:
tash@indymedia.org Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
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