Farai Dziva|The MDC Youth Assembly has slammed the arrest and detention of NUST students.

In a statement the MDC Youth Assembly described the harassment of NUST students as barbaric.

See the full statement :

The MDC Youth Assembly is riled by the barbaric state behavior exhibited by the illegal arrest and detention of 13 NUST students today.

It is regrettable and quite saddening that the ever blundering regime keeps on trampling on civil liberties enshrined in the country’s constitution willy nilly.

As an Assembly, we strongly believe that the right to education which the NUST students are clamouring for is the prime indicator of any society that is ready achieve transformation and development.

As such quashing and trampling the right to education is self defeating and at worst a symbol of cowardice, barbarism and retrogression.

We are of a strong conviction that for our universities to produce best graduates, they should resemble a universitas where lecturers and students meet to share new horizons of knowledge instead of resembling a war zone that is being propagated by this military regime.

As such the MDC Youth Assembly demands the unconstitutional release and compensation of the detained NUST students.

The continued detention of these students is not only a declaration of war to the student community but young people and all the progressive forces of our society.

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma

MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson