(IWMF) Zimbabwean authorities have accused former journalist Jestina Mukoko of a terrorist plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. She is now being held in a high-security prison and faces a possible death sentence.
(IWMF) Zimbabwean authorities have accused former journalist Jestina Mukoko of a terrorist plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. She is now being held in a high-security prison and faces a possible death sentence.
(World YWCA) The YWCA of Palestine will hold a candlelight vigil on January 8, 2009 to commemorate hundreds of lives lost in recent attacks on Gaza and invites YWCAs around the world to organise similar vigils in their communities. Israel launched a military operation against Hamas-ruled Gaza strip on December 27 in retaliation to rocket fire by Hamas. The attacks on Gaza, the heaviest in decades, have had a huge toll on civilians. According to the United Nations over 300 people are dead—including 62 women and children—and at least 1,400 injured. “It is very sad that this vicious circle of terror is continuing and to see our civilian population pay this heavy price,” said Mira Rizek General Secretary of the YWCA of Palestine.