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E-mailZimbabweans are not the luckiest of people around at the moment as our lives are more often than not, very uncertain in so many ways, however on Saturday 14th November we counted ourselves very lucky with the weather here in Liverpool, second time lucky that is. You may recall we almost called off our first demonstrations due to bad weather too but we had a lovely afternoon in the end. This appeared to be the case again on Saturday the 14th, severe winds and rain was forecasted for the day and we could only pray that we would be spared as we headed for Liverpool City centre. Although it rained heavily throughout the morning, luckily for us the rain cleared around 1:30pm.
We gathered on our usual spot. The perfect place to be on a Saturday afternoon for our cause, the heart of Liverpool City Centre. We carried the same message; that is to remind the world of the plight of the Zimbabwean. Despite there being a Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe there is still continued systematic human rights violations and the selective application of the rule of law. We are guided by our quest for Peace, Justice and Freedom and strongly believe that only a total return to democracy will free the people of Zimbabwe. As human rights defenders we are asking why we still have daylight abductions and torture of activists if we have a GNU in place. Lots of people stopped by to sympathise with us. Visitors to our vigil were horrified by the various pictures of torture victims in Zimbabwe that we showed them.
The day was made special by the surprise visit from our National Vice - Chairperson Auntie Donna Mugoni; she travelled all the way from Wakefield. Auntie Donna addressed the activists and told us of the need to carry on with the work we are doing, the need to remain united as we pursue our common goal and the need to help each other in all aspects of life. She touched on various incidents still happening in Zimbabwe that clearly show we are still a long way to having governance that respects human rights and is committed to Democracy, hence the need to bring the conscience of every Zimbabwean to our predicament. After addressing the people she took questions from individuals. She stayed with us until the end of our Vigil at 5pm.
We would like to thank the Chairlady and the Secretary for ROHR Derby Branch Miss Tsitsi Razawe and Mr Wonder Katurura for joining us for the afternoon. We are all invited to the ROHR Derby General meeting this weekend, Saturday 21st November 2009, the National Executive will be in attendance. Details are on the website.
A big thank you to all that made it. Our next demonstrations are on the 28th of November (2pm to 5pm) at the same place.
36 People signed the register. 69 visitors signed our petition.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE UNTIL THERE ARE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE.
Anywhere Mungoyo
Vice chairman, ROHR Liverpool Branch
