"Don't be afraid" - Facing bullets, teargas and dogs - Friday is protest D-Day in Zimbabwe***The MDC urged Zimbabweans not to be afraid despite hundreds of them having been beaten up, allegedly by security forces and pro-government supporters. The opposition party estimates that more than 500 of its supporters have been arrested since the start of the mass protests on Monday.
"The rogue regime has actively robbed you of your democratic and constitutional right to express yourselves peacefully against murder, rape, starvation, disease, violence and general misrule," the MDC said. "Don't be afraid. No force is stronger than you. Victory is in sight."***
Morgan Tsvangirai - Zimbabwe's Opposition Leader Is Released *** HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition leader was released on bail Friday after two weeks in jail on treason charges, but he was told he may not call for President Robert Mugabe's overthrow. Accompanied by his wife and a small throng of supporters, Morgan Tsvangirai left a Harare prison after delivering four cardboard boxes stuffed with 10 million Zimbabwe dollars - about $12,000 - in bail. Under the conditions of his release, Tsvangirai is barred from advocating Mugabe's removal by what Judge Susan Mavangira termed "violent or other unlawful means."
Tsvangirai, the head of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, was arrested June 6 on treason charges following a week of anti-government strikes that shut down much of the already fragile economy. Opposition officials said Tsvangirai was held in a filthy, overcrowded cell. They vowed to continue their struggle. "His incarceration has only served to strengthen the people's resolve to intensify peaceful efforts to tackle the crisis of legitimacy in Zimbabwe," opposition spokesman Paul Themba Nyathi said. ***
These animals are savages, plain and simple. They DO deserve what will come to them....self-inflicted extermination.