Keep Left South Africa have issued this message requesting solidarity actions to support Munyaradzi Gwisai +5, whose verdict should be handed down on Monday.

On Monday 19th March 2012 the 6 activists in Zimbabwe go to court when the Magistrate hands down a verdict in their case. They were charged with attempting to create public disorder for showing a video on the uprisings in Egypt last year.

19th March is exactly a year since their release on bail following an international campaign.

If the comrades are found guilty, then (most likely within the same week) they will be sentenced to jail terms of a minimum of 6 to 10 years.

We are asking comrades to rally to this cause once again to ensure that injustice is not brought upon these fighters for democracy and the rights of the poor in Zimbabwe.

We would ask that you please text protest messages of protest to:

• Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena + 263 712 801 172
• Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri + 263 712 808 290
• Police Minister Kembo Mohadi +263 712 605 424
• Security Minister Didymus Mutasa +263 0712 200 532

In the event that the activists are found guilty, activists in neighbouring South Africa will be staging a picket at the Zimbabwe embassy on Tuesday 20th March from 12 – 1pm, at 13 Boeing Street West, Bedfordview (on the opposite side of the road to East Gate shopping Mall). This is to add further pressure on the Zimbabwe tyrannical authoriies to ensure that they do not get away with jailing activists (again).

SAMWU trade union in South Africa has issued a call for people to rally to this cause once again.

We are asking activists to consider urgent action on Tuesday as well. For anyone on Facebook, please search for the page “Calling for the Release of Zimbabwe Activists” where updates are posted.

This entry was posted on March 15th, 2012 at 3:11 pm by Amanda Atwood and is filed under Activism, Governance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.