Zimbabwe: solidarity request.
By | Jan 29, 2009
The below is taken from an Avaaz newsletter regarding a hunger strike protesting the Mugabe regime.
‘Dear Friends,
When Africa’s heads of state meet this Sunday, they will be greeted by a crowd of hunger strikers, calling for justice and democracy in Zimbabwe.
Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela’s wife Graça Machel, and hundreds of others have joined the campaign and pledged solidarity with the Zimbabwean people—most of whom are now struggling to survive on a meal a day or less. Their powerful demonstration of commitment has seized the media’s attention, pressuring leaders to refuse Mugabe in his attempts to cling to power.
The world’s support is needed now. Kumi Naidoo, a South African activist in his eighth day of a 21-day hunger strike, has recorded a video appeal for Avaaz members worldwide to join the protest by pledging to fast this Sunday, when he will speak to the African Union summit about Zimbabwe’s crisis. If thousands of us fast, our actions will give power to his words.’
The SAVE ZIMBABWE NOW web site is co-ordinating the protest.
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