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28 th July 2007The Vigil is getting bigger and bigger. Visitors from far and wide joined the regulars this week. Among them was Kate Hoey MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe . She arrived wearing her Vigil t-shirt so she fitted in w...
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26 th May 2007The Vigil marked Africa Day with a sad sense of betrayal. The latest kick in the teeth for Zimbabweans has been the election of Zimbabwe as Vice-Chair of the Common Market for East and Southern Africa , Africa 's largest trading bloc. London...
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31 st March 2005Disappointed is too mild a description of the feeling at the Vigil following the SADC meeting on Zimbabwe . Supporters were outraged at what was seen as cowardly betrayal by our neighbours. It was agreed we would immediately run a new peti...
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30 th December 2006What a Vigil! We had erected our banners and were debating whether to put up the green tarpaulin in view of threatening weather when it suddenly became apparent that there was no alternative. It bucketed down which meant we had to frequ...
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28 th October 2006Vigil supporters sent out a clear message to the South African government this week: we will harass you until you stop supporting Mugabe. Alois and Wellington from Brighton and Ethel from Liverpool , among others, were ready and waiting ...
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26 th August 2006There was such a crush we had to make room by taking down two of the banners penning us between the four maple trees. “Wake up World! Zimbabwe is Dying!” and “No to Mugabe and No to Starvation” gave way before the bursting dancers...
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26 th June 2006DAY IN SUPPORT OF ZIMBABWEAN TORTURE SURVIVORS. The Vigil was well represented at a service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square , to mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture organised by the Zimbabwe Human Ri...
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25 th March 2006A soggy Vigil. It has been so dry in England that we haven't used our tarpaulin for some time – long enough for some people to forget that when we prod it with our brollies, heavy with rain, it cascades over everyone on the periphery! Vi...
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31 st December 2005Support from an unexpected source got the New Year's Eve Vigil off to a good start. A Zimbabwean family now living in Aberdeen millions of miles north in darkest Scotland came to see us. Marion has been communicating with the Vigil an...
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24th September 2005Many supporters had difficulty getting to the Vigil today because of the latest ant-Iraq war demo. Roads were closed, helicopters hovered overhead. But it turned out to be a subdued event. As Vigil people arrived they remarked tha...
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28 th May 2005One of the most animated Vigils for ages. A lovely, sunny – though blustery – day; with Ephraim and Julius on the drums and Patson again leading the singing and dancing enhanced by Dumi’s flying dreadlocks. Well attended from beginning...
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26 th February 2005An edge to a very ebullient Vigil today – we had with us Remus Makuwaza, MDC Director of Elections. Remus is here to discuss arrangements with the MDC in the UK before the elections – twinning with Zimbabwe branches and financial su...
