Calls for the release of 45 activists detained on treason charges in Zimbabwe are spreading across the globe, with fresh outcries coming from Australia and Belgium.
Pickets and demonstrations in solidarity with the 45 have already been witnessed in South Africa, London, America and Canada this week. And on Thursday night a grouping of an Australian trade union added its voice to calls for the activists’ release. The Social and Community Sector (SACS) of Metro Delegates met in Melbourne on Thursday and unanimously called for the group’s release. The union said it, “Expresses its outrage at the arrests, condemns this transparent attack on our fellow trade unionists, and demands their immediate release and the dropping of these charges.” The University of Canberra in Australia has also expressed its solidarity with the activists, calling on “the Zimbabwean Government to release them immediately.”
At the same time, a Belgian Socialist group SAP, has expressed its solidarity with the activists, and has urged the Belgian public to assist with donations towards the detainee’s legal costs. Also, the Swiss Left Party (La Gauche - Alternative Linke - Sinistra) has agreed to put solidarity with the Zimbabweans on the agenda of its annual conference in Zurich this weekend. More...
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