ZIMBABWE: Police Beat WOZA Protesters

Date:

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Source:

The Zimbabwean

Countries:

Africa

Southern Africa

Zimbabwe

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Members from the Women of Zimbabwe of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were indiscriminately beaten by police in Bulawayo yesterday, 10 May during their demonstration against Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), who they claimed are short-changed the public.

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