Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has challenged Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa to release all jailed political activists.

Speaking on the release of Hon Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri from prison on Wednesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma called for the release of jailed party members.

Read full statement below:

06-05-2021

The release of our female youth leaders Hon Joana Mamombe and Vice National Chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri is welcome but must never be seen in the context of a favour by the oppressor.

The duo’s release was long over due!

In fact they were not supposed to be jailed in the first place.

It is the art of dictators to press their feet hard on citizens then lift it a bit so as to give an empty and false sense of freedom.

There is nothing to celebrate about temporary freedoms of Mamombe and Chimbiri because in any case freedom is their birthright.

We demand the unconditional release of all political prisoners including our Youth Commander Obey Tererai Sithole, Legwan Mavhunga, Munyaradzi Mpofu and Makomborero Haruzivishe who was convicted and sentenced for no crime at all.

The dictator must not pretend to give us what is already ours.

Time to escalate the fight for our basic freedoms is now!

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Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson