{"id":39086,"date":"2021-04-24T17:30:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=39086"},"modified":"2021-04-24T17:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:28:35","slug":"mthwakazi-party-plots-global-online-protests-over-ongoing-activists-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mthwakazi-party-plots-global-online-protests-over-ongoing-activists-arrests","title":{"rendered":"Mthwakazi Party Plots Global Online Protests Over Ongoing Activists\u2019 Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Bulawayo Correspondent<\/b> &#8211; THE OPPOSITION Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is planning to stage \u201cworldwide online demonstrations\u201d in protest over the continued incarceration of some party members as well as MDC Alliance activists.<\/p>\n<p>Nine MRP activists have been languishing at Khami Remand Prison for more than a month after they were arrested for public violence after they stormed Bulawayo Central Police Station. The activists have been denied bail on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>A handful MDC Alliance activists in Harare, who include Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Vongai Tome have also been in incarceration for over 45 days at Chikurubi Female Prison.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com, MRP president Mqondisi Moyo said the online protest will be held on 27 April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protests are specifically against the continued incarceration of our nine members at Khami Remand Prison and others. Let\u2019s dedicate the 27th of April 2021 as the day of all political prisoners in Zimbabwe, demand the immediate and unconditional release of MDC Alliance\u2019s trio languishing in remand prison,\u201d said Moyo.<\/p>\n<p>The MRP president appealed to other \u201cprogressive\u201d stakeholders including opposition parties to join the global protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party is urging all to issue solidarity messages and demand the unconditional release of our comrades. We are kindly asking all of you on Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, among other platforms to temporarily change your profile pictures, and status and put up posters demanding that our people be released from remand prison,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moyo added the demonstrations will run under the hash tag #FreeMRP9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe messages should be tagged to all national and international media organisation. The messages should also be tagged to all progressive, democratic governments, international bodies like SADC, AU, UN, EU, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso tag President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Justice, and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Bulawayo Correspondent &#8211; THE OPPOSITION Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is planning to stage \u201cworldwide online demonstrations\u201d in protest over the continued incarceration of some party members as well as MDC Alliance activists. 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