Munyaradzi Gwisai, co-ordinator of the Internationalist Socialist Organisation organised a meeting on Saturday, 19th February, to discuss the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Gwisai and 44 others (including a Kubatana member of staff) were arrested. Subsequently they are being charged with treason.

That means YOU, ME, Gwisai, Mugabe himself, the ice cream seller and the airtime vendor could all be charged with treason.

Why? Because hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have been watching the events in North Africa unfold on satellite TV. We’ve been reading about it in a number of newspapers and magazines freely available in Zimbabwe. We’ve been following news on the Internet, and we have been listening to radio broadcasts. We have been talking about the political events in North Africa in supermarkets, pubs, on the soccer fields and in our homes. We’ve been writing about Tunisia and Egypt in emails, in blogs, in columns on web sites and on FaceBook pages.

In other words we are an integral part of the Forty-Five unjustly incarcerated.

Speak out now. Join the campaign to Free the Forty-Five.

ACTION:

Please text or email Kubatana a message of support and solidarity for the Forty-Five and we will deliver these messages to them to keep their spirits up. Join Us. Share the Word. Get your fingers working for freedom.

At every opportunity we must protect our right to free speech, and challenge any attempt to silence us.

Text us on: +263-772-452201
Email us on: info [at] kubatana [dot] net

Please let us know if you would like to remain anonymous.

Here is a list of the detainees. Each one is more than just a name. They are a mother, a sister, a brother, a father, and a friend.

Munyaradzi Gwisai, Antonater Choto, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Michael Sozinyu, Edson Chakuma, Hopewell Gumbo, Welcome Zimuto, Philip Magaya, Prolific Simbarashe Mataruse, Godknows Biya, David Mupatse, Douglas Muzanenhamo, Reki Jimu, Ganizani Nunu, Josphat Chinembiri Terenyika, Strutton Nyaya Muhambi, Trevor Chamba, Clarence Mugari, Munyaradzi Maregedze, Willie Tinashe Hlatswayo, Ian Muteto, Tinashe Mutazu, Pride Evidence Mukono, Lenard Kamwendo, Tinashe Chisaira, Trust Munyama, Peter Garanewako, Elizaberth Chipo Makume, Megline Malunga, Daison Bango, Malvern Hobwana, Tashinga Mudzengi, Ednar Chabalika, Thokozile Mathe,
Francesca Thomson, Masline Zvomuya, Nhamo Kute, Annie Chipeta, Tabeth Chideya, Charles Mbwandarikwa, Thomas Chibaya, Fatima Manhando, Blessing Muguzaya, Robert Muhlaba, Tinashe Muzambi

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