POLICE in Coventry will be present at the Zimbabwean election rally on Saturday 29 March 2008.
They are asking all attendees to be aware of their surroundings, to be considerate to the people that live and work in the area and to also be mindful of their own safety at the planned event tomorrow.
The rally is taking place at Speakers' Corner, which is situated on the corner of Little Park Street and Earl Street in the city centre. It will start at 10.30am and finish at 12 noon.
Over 200 people are expected to take part in the rally on Saturday.
Officers from the Stoke Heath Neighbourhood team in Coventry will be policing the duration of the rally to ensure the safety of those taking part.
There is a planned fund raising event at the end of the rally in the Stoke Heath Community Centre on Valley Road.
Officers will be at the fund raising event and will be giving out generic crime prevention advice and community information.
Sergeant Julie Harrison, from Stoney Stanton Road police station said: "West Midlands Police recognises the right to peaceful protest but asks people coming to Coventry on Saturday for the event to be respectful of their surroundings and the communities that live in them.
"Our intention is to facilitate the organisation's peaceful rally to offer reassurance for those on the rally and to minimise disruption to those who live and work in the Stoke Heath area of Coventry."
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Rod • rodrickplus@hotmail.co.uk Subject: What can else can they do? Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:35:11 • They miss home, they miss Kwamereki, Mwatwakazi and many places like that where they used to enjoy and pass time during those good old days. Here they have money, cars and a better life but have no time yekufara so some opportunists take advantage wanodya zvemarema. Unfortunately marema agara aripo in any society.
Alisdair Budd • airbud@tisali.co.uk Subject: Weird Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:26:48 • To some Zims the UK is their home, since they were tortured for trying to live in Zim in peace with White poeple and the rest of the world.
They dont want to go bac because they dont want to die, quick, or slow by hunger.
They are raising funds to feed their friends and family back home, help out with asylum claims and prepare for when all the money and gifts dry up after the Command Centre has decided Mugabe has won by 57% and he goes back to driving around in his motorcade and keeps all the maize until the next election.
n/a • n/a Subject: n/a Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:13:26 • Please musabire vanhu mari makorokoza!
n/a • n/a Subject: n/a Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:48:54 • Cowards die many times before their death. Go home to the battle front and fight, stop being pathetic cartoon characters and go to your shift.
Tsikidzi • n/a Subject: n/a Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:30:13 • This will not leave you with a penny more in your pocket, neither will it have any impact or influence on the influence in Zimbabwe.
Why fundraise after the elections instead of pre-election in orderto raise campaign funds. Where will the money go to? Vanhu havaneti kubirwa mari zveshuwa!!!
N/A • N/A Subject: Strange rally Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:22:40 • Zimbabwe rally?In the UK?On election day at home which is thousands of kilometres away?
How strange!
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