Issue 375 - May 2007

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Two protesters escaped from jail, got ice cream, then returned to custody. They were known as the "Häagen-Dazs Two."

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Events, Gatherings, Opportunities, Campaigns and Resources

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Eleven demonstrators against repressive constitutional amendments were held in a jail cell of three by four meters.

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The Botswanan Supreme Court ruled that their eviction by the government was "unconstitutional." Yet repression continues.

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Gandhi rightly believed in the efficacy of pitting the soul force of the nonviolent protester against the brute force of the oppressor.

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The police officer said the meeting was banned. It was a prayer service, came the reply. "Who were you praying for?" "For you."

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On Valentine's Day, 2003, WOZA held its first demonstrations, calling on Zimbabwe to "Learn to love again." Valentine's Day was chosen as a significant date in the WOZA calendar because of the association with love -- love of self, of family, of community and of country.

On that day in Bulawayo, fourteen women and one man were arrested and held in appalling conditions for 24 hours. They were charged under the Public Order Security Act and then released. The Harare protest was conducted outside the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office. Riot police arrested over 49 members, including a 65-year-old Dominican nun. Only one WOZA member, Jennifer Williams, was charged and all members were released within hours of arrest.

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Dialogues about the girls' suffering have motivated 131 excisers to quit, and three villages to renounce the practice.