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I read an article in Canada's Globe and Mail two days ago that really disturbed me. Here are some choice quotes:


'... the youth kicks Ms. Gomba in the face and blood starts to ooze from her nose. "That is what you get for trying to sneak the MDC through the backdoor," she snarls. Then they begin to use the whips. At first Ms. Gomba cries out; in response, the youths hit her harder.'


'...the noise as the whips hit her body is the only sound in the room...'


'...Outside the door, she found a knot of the youth militia ... "They said I was an MDC prostitute because I attended their rally here," ... "Then one of the youth flicked a lit matchstick on to the roof of my thatched hut." ... she lost everything she owned.'


'In Mutoko, 160 kilometres to the north of Harare, 20 houses were burned last weekend. Five were torched in Murehwa, 80 kilometres north, on Sunday night.'


I don't claim to be any expert on Zimbabwe's history or it's politics, or even to know that much beyond the basics. This article was based on reports from a Globe and Mail correspondent who was able to sneak into the meetings where, apparently, opposition supporters (or merely those who were supporting a fair election) are being violently beaten and threatened. The first thing I thought after reading it was - is there anything I can do about this? And I couldn't answer that question.


At this point I don't think it matters whether or not Mugabe technically won or lost, any leader that allows these kind of actions is not leading his/her people, they're just terrifying them.

April 18, 2008 | 10:45 AM Comments  0 comments

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