The Saga Continues
1. Zim lawyers send poll report to Geneva
The Daily Mirror Reporter- issue date :2005-Apr-07
"..A WEEK after the March 31 polls won by the ruling Zanu PF and endorsed by the African Union, Sadc and many other observer teams as free and fair, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has produced a damning report on the election-which it has already sent to Geneva.."
http://www.dailymirror.co.zw/index....640&ishudate=2005-04-07 20:35:00.0&ishuid=408
2. MDC issues ultimatum
Date: 7-Apr, 2005
HARARE, - The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) 24 hours to explain discrepancies in the final tally of votes cast in the parliamentary elections, which saw the ruling ZANU-PF win a two-thirds majority
3. AU rights commission to hear Zim media appeal
JOHANNESBURG - The African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) has agreed to hear a legal case against the Zimbabwean government, following an appeal filed by press freedom and human rights groups.
http://www.daily-news.co.za/content.....\articles\2005\04\07\loc_07042005_01713.asp
4. MDC reveals more vote rigging evidence
Date: 7-Apr, 2005
Harare – Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC, has again revealed what it calls ‘more evidence’ to prove that President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party fraudulently won last week’s parliamentary election.
....Police and Zanu-PF polling agents were counting votes in polling stations and communicating results to regional centres, and presiding officers confiscated notes from MDC polling agents and independent observers, it said.
http://www.daily-news.co.za/content.....\articles\2005\04\07\loc_07042005_05512.asp
Election was throw-back to 1985, stolen in advance
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/thirdforce5.12485.html
Press Release: Sokwanele's response to statements made
by President Mbeki
Sokwanele: 4 March 2005
http://www.sokwanele.com/articles/sokwanele/sokwanelesresponsetombekiscomments_4march2005.html
"....how can it be that a person of Mbeki’s stature,
with access to all the information at his disposal,
can be so woefully ignorant of the facts ?...."
Mugabe took a "legitimate" case of Land distribution
(which by the way would probably never have done if
not for the pressure from the disenfranchized war
veterans), and he used that case to justify "evrything
else" including turning the country into a police
state.
The first thing I must say is that I support Mugabe in
taking back the land and being generally anti-West,
but I "hate" how he has manipulated the country and
the whole Southern Afr region as well as the Pan Afr.
family to think it all about "the land" and "the
West",
I wish it was, but no, it also about partisan
politics, he silences anyone who opposses as a
"western puppet", no wonder why Mbeki and SAADC cant
criticize him and his now brutal rule over Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's neighbours endorse Mugabe
http://finance.news.com.au/story/print/0,10119,12743547,00.html
Today the reason why its difficult to find
independepant media reporting objectively or
critically on the Election rigging is because Mugabe
literally destroyed all free press, all Zimbabwean
free press in operating from outside the country thats
one reason why all Zimbabwean critical media seem to
be UK based, the fact is not about "Tony Blair"
sponsership but its about the law called "AIPA" which
forced all Zim media to operate from outside ,
except for 2 newspapers govt owned-"The Herald and The
Chronicle"
5. AU observers call for probe into poll results
Date: 5-Apr, 2005
"HARARE - The head of the African Union Observer Team,
Dr Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, says the allegations of
electoral fraud in the just-ended elections in
Zimbabwe should be investigated immediately......"
http://www.daily-news.co.za/content.....\articles\2005\04\05\loc_05042005_03811.asp
6.“What happened on Thursday night”
An account of how ZANU PF rigged the Parliamentary
Elections
Sokwanele Special Report: 5 April 2005
http://www.sokwanele.com/
7. Zimbabwe: Obstacles to Free and Fair Elections
Documented
SADC Observers Must Assess Entire Electoral Process
(Johannesburg, March 21, 2005) — Governments of the
Southern African Development Community (SADC) must
look at Zimbabwe's entire electoral process as they
assess whether it is free and fair, Human Rights Watch
said today.
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/21/zimbab10340.htm
8. SOUTH AFRICA -ANC accused of 'bully-boy' tactics
on Zim elections
Independent Democrats claim decision to deem poll free
and fair was never in doubt
April 5, 2005
".....We could not be part of a rubber-stamp
process.."
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=2470296
9. I dont know what to say when the regime is
arresting, and brutalizing "black" women with
babies......
For me anyone who violates black women be it Bush or
Mugabe it doesnt matter, they are my enermy.
I could have considered it British media propaganda,
if I didnt listen to a Zim woman who eye-witnessed it,
I heard it live on a radio station.
http://www.swradioafrica.com/pages/archives.php -
check archives on "Monday- callback" to judge for
yourself if these Zimbabwe calling in and talking
about the rigging are being Blair influenced or
sponsored.
Zim women arrested at vigil
31/03/2005 22:23 - (SA)
"Harare - Zimbabwean police on Thursday rounded up and
detained 200 women preparing for an all-night prayer
vigil in Harare's main square for "divine
intervention" as the country awaited results from key
elections.
The women, some with babies strapped on their backs,
converged on the centre of Africa Unity Square in
central Harare before the police broke up their
gathering and took them in trucks to the capital's
main police station..........."
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1683680,00.html
10.Zimbabwe police crush anti-Mugabe protests
ZIMBABWE police on Monday crushed street protests by
oppposition supporters following disputed
parliamentary election results announced at the
weekend.
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral103.12477.html
11. Subverting Justice: The Role of the Judiciary in
Denying the will of the Zimbabwean Electorate since
2000
The Solidarity Peace Trust, March 2005
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/legal/050318spt.asp?sector=LEGAL
12.POLITICAL VIOLENCE REPORT January 2005
http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/ZIMHUMANRIGHTSNGOFORUM.htm
13.Torture and Violence
http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/ZimbabweReportMar2005.pdf
14. Opposition Claim Poll a “Massive Fraud”
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/ar/ar_ze_024_1_eng.txt
MDC says Mugabe rigged the count
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral106.12483.html
MDC issues ultimatum
Date: 7-Apr, 2005
HARARE, - The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) 24 hours to explain discrepancies in the final tally of votes cast in the parliamentary elections, which saw the ruling ZANU-PF win a two-thirds majority.
http://www.daily-news.co.za/content.....\articles\2005\04\07\loc_07042005_05012.asp
15.Police deployed on rooftops to quell protests
ZIMBABWEAN police deployed on rooftops and in the
streets of downtown Harare at dawn Tuesday to prevent
further protests against the outcome of March 31
parliamentary elections.
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral104.12480.html
16. Sokwanele Press Release: Women from WOZA arrested
at their homes- 8 March 2005
Sokwanele has just received word that some women from
a local activist group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise
(WOZA), were arrested at their homes earlier today.
The numbers arrested are so far unconfirmed.
Today, 8 March, is International Women's Day - the UN
theme for International Women’s Day this year is
"Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure
Future".
WOZA were planning to march in solidarity with women
all around the world. The arrest of the women at their
homes means that the Zimbabwean police effectively
stopped the march before it started.
http://www.sokwanele.com/articles/sokwanele/womenfromwozaarrestedathomes_8march2005.html
17.Results of the Diaspora Vote
http://www.sokwanele.com/articles/sokwanele/resultsofthediasporavote_29march2005.html
18.Kofi Annan concerned about Zim poll
http://www.daily-news.co.za/
19. ID accuse ANC of 'bully-boy' tactics in Zim
The African National Congress' chief whip Mbulelo
Goniwe and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may have
something in common - according to Independent
Democrats parliamentarian Vincent Gore.
20. SADC team probes claims of election fraud
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=vn20050403103720342C631519
21. Idasa casts doubt on integrity of Harare poll
"...There were also "unexplained discrepancies"
between figures announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission and the official results for some
constituencies..."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw111253896174B251
22. Misc-
AU Observers Call for Probe Into Poll Results
Kofi Annan Concerned About Zim Poll
MDC Youths Demand Action
SADC Criticises Zimbabwe Media Environment
Dangerous Period After Election Result
http://allafrica.com/