[Lasnetmail] Stand Up 4 Zimbabwe!: Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23 June;Global Action:25 May

[Carlos Medina]

Stand Up 4 Zimbabwe!
http://www.standupforzimbabwe.org

FYI, Please pass on to your relevant contacts (apologies for cross- 
postings).

Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23 June with the charges, for  
“communicating falsehoods” and “inciting the public to rise  
against the government” stemming from public May Day addresses given  
by them at the Dzivaresekwa Stadium.

In Solidarity, Best Regards
Carlos  :-)
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"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.  
Then you win." - Gandhi
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> From: ITUC Press <press at ituc-csi.org>
> Date: 24 May 2008 12:12:08 AM
> To: ITUC Online <ituc-online at forum.ituc-csi.org>
> Subject: ITUC Online: Zimbabwe: Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23  
> June;Global Action Called for 25 May
> Reply-To: ITUC Online <ituc-online at forum.ituc-csi.org>
>
> INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)
>
> ITUC Online
> 101/220508
>
>
> Zimbabwe: Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23 June;Global Action  
> Called for 25 May
>
> Brussels, 22 May 2008 (ITUC Online):The trial of Zimbabwe Congress  
> of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President Lovemore Matombo and Secretary- 
> General Wellington Chibebe was today scheduled for 23 June by the  
> country’s High Court, after the union leaders provided proof that  
> they were scheduled to attend the ILO’s International Labour  
> Conference which runs from 28 May to 13 June in Geneva.  The two  
> remain barred from addressing any political gathering. The charges,  
> or “communicating falsehoods” and “inciting the public to rise  
> against the government” stem from public May Day addresses given  
> by them at the Dzivaresekwa Stadium.
>
> The ITUC has also expressed its support for a campaign to end  
> violence in Zimbabwe and show solidarity with its people.  The  
> campaign will be launched at a series of national events in Africa  
> and elsewhere on Africa Day, 25 May, when people are being asked  
> to “Stand Up For Zimbabwe” (see  <http:// 
> www.standupforzimbabwe.org/> and <http://www.sokwanele.com/article/ 
> sokwanele/standupforzimbabwe_190508.html> ).
>
> The ITUC represents 168 million workers in 155 countries and  
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