Discussion centered on our plans to send about 30 people to Lisbon this week to protest during Mugabe’s attendance at the AU / EU Summit. The Vigil is linking up with a Portuguese human rights organisation, ADDHU (Associação de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos), to stage a demonstration as close to the Summit venue (Parque des Noacios) as the police will allow (100 metres). The demonstration will be on Saturday, 8th December from 2 – 5 pm. There will be singing and dancing to the sound of drums. Available for interviews will be Zimbabwean political activists and survivors of torture, rape and other abuses of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.
For further information on the demonstration and other activities planned for the summit, contact Vigil Co-ordinator Rose Benton 07940 996 003.
The normal Vigil will take place from 2 – 6pm on Saturday, 8th December, in London as usual augmented by supporters from ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa) and trade unions. For more information, contact: Luka Phiri, 07951293 766 or Chipo Chaya, 07904 395 496.
ACTSA, supported by trade unions and Vigil activists, is also to stage a protest outside the Portuguese Embassy, 11 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PP, on Thursday, 6th December, from 12.30 – 2pm. For more information, contact: Simon Chase 07809 396 128, 020 3263 2001.
Other action is planned in Cardiff and Harare. The Cardiff demonstration is organised by the Zimbabwean Development Support Association and will be held from 12 – 2 pm on 8th December at Bevan Statue, Queen’s Street, Cardiff. For more information contact: Kuchi Cuthbert Makari 07939 721 419
The demonstration in Harare is being organised by Vigil partner Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHRZim) www.rohrzimbabwe.com.  For more information, contact: Stendrick Zvorwardza, 07960 113 496.
For this week’s Vigil pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/
FOR THE RECORD: Over 200 signed the register.
Post published in: Uncategorized