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Zimbabwe Protests
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Zimbabwe: Victims of a Crashing Economy
What happened? ● 175% economy inflation rate ● The MDC planned protests but police banned the protests ● Police treated protesters brutally
Why is it important? ●
Mnangagwa made promises failed to demonstrate
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Prices of goods/services -x2 since June,
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businesses charge sold in US dollars against weakening local currency
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economic chaos = rampant money-printing fuelled hyperinflation, abandon currency.
History ●
The MDC: formed in 1999 against dictator, Robert Mugabe, then successfully removed him in 2017
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Dictator since 1987, was supposed to be thrown out in 2008, but refused.
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The current president: Emmerson Mnangagwa
● Both didn’t live up to their intentions of economical improvement
The Protests and Human Rights ●
Many are denied shelter, food, safety, and freedom of speech and
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Authorities use extreme brutality to break up crowds.
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Protests - extremely violent, many people killed, shot, beaten with batons
Impact ●
Monthly earnings are barely enough for two weeks expenses
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Children are the silent victims
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Close to 160,000 children and adolescents will need welfare and child protection services
● Authorities instill fear instead of respecting freedom
● so much struggle for expression of basic rights