- Signatures: 1,565
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 11-28-2005
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This petition is part of a campaign to free Roy Bennett, a Zimbabwean MP sentenced by the Zimbabwe parliament, outside a court of law, to one year’s hard labour. We are campaigning against this flagrant violation of human rights.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Country | Why I support this campaign: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,570 | 7:09 pm PDT, Oct 24 | Anonymous | United States | Freedom! | |
| 1,569 | 1:19 pm PDT, Oct 20 | Harry R:son Svensson | Sweden | For democracy and prosperity in Africa | |
| 1,568 | 11:20 am PDT, Oct 17 | George Dew | United Kingdom | Ek dink hy is die beste man vir Zimbabwe. Viva Bennett!! Wit Afrika vir altyd | |
| 1,567 | 8:28 am PDT, Oct 17 | Mr. | Philippe-Pierre Darras | France | |
| 1,566 | 5:11 pm PDT, Oct 16 | Mr. | Zachary Thompson | Australia | Zimbabwe must strive to uphold basic principals of justice and human rights, as it is the only way that it can progress amongst other nations in the 21st century. The fair treatment of Roy Bennett would be an indication to international onlookers that Zimbabwe truly desires to politically develop. |
| 1,565 | 10:47 pm PDT, Oct 15 | Mr. | roy mees | Canada | |
| 1,564 | 6:17 am PDT, Oct 15 | Mrs Williams | South Africa | Its a disgrace that no one is dong anything | |
| 1,563 | 8:07 pm PDT, Oct 14 | Jimmy Baum | United States | ||
| 1,562 | 12:14 am PDT, Oct 14 | Mr. | Anonymous | Kenya | Its inhuman |
| 1,561 | 2:20 am PDT, Sep 27 | Mr. | edmond renner | Germany | |
| 1,560 | 9:09 pm PDT, Sep 13 | Anil Chopra | India | Human rights now! | |
| 1,559 | 6:27 pm PDT, Jul 31 | Mr. | Huvandirwa Makaza | United Kingdom | justice and human rights |
| 1,558 | 2:38 pm PDT, Apr 13 | Mr. | william steel | United Kingdom | because roy bennett stands for true zimbabweians |
| 1,557 | 2:23 am PDT, Apr 2 | Mr. | Stephen Dragun | United States | Why should a man be strictly judged by the color of his skin? Roy Bennett is as African as Mr. Mugabe, or the next man down any road in Zimbabwe. Roy Bennett is attempting to join a black government, so he's obviously not racist, just, opposed to Mugabe's pathetic policies. FREE HIM NOW |
| 1,556 | 3:02 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Mr. | gareth mccullough | United Kingdom | for a better rhodesia in which satan has no say! |
| 1,555 | 12:47 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Mr. | chris hayward | United Kingdom | so the people of zimbarwe(sorry about my spelling) can get food agian. |
| 1,554 | 11:31 am PST, Mar 7 | Mr. | John Leonard | Canada | Mr. Mugabe, You and I both know that what you are doing regarding Mr. Bennett is wrong. |
| 1,553 | 1:43 pm PST, Mar 6 | Anonymous | Australia | Free Roy and get the farms working again. Feed the people!! | |
| 1,552 | 11:56 am PST, Mar 6 | Mr. | EVan Malone | United States | |
| 1,551 | 11:44 am PST, Mar 6 | Mr. | Hans Iwan Bratt | Sweden | |
| 1,550 | 10:29 am PST, Mar 6 | Mrs. | Dana Strong | United States | I have neve been to this beautiful country but my heart goes out to it and its peple as they suffer under a thug named Magube. American needs to stand up and take a look because we helped place Magube into power. |
| 1,549 | 12:37 am PST, Mar 2 | australia Australia | Australia | Mugabe is a Criminal and a Racist who has single handedly destroyed a once prosperous and amazing nation that could have showed the world given the chance. Mugabe blames the white people and the British yet they were instrumental in support for Zimbabwe's Independance. White farmers put food on tables everywhere in Rhodesia now there is nothing but starvation, disease and poverty. All of Mugabe's policies have failed to have any positve effect at all even for the very people he selectively represented. Free Roy and give him his life, position and property back before its too late to save Zim. | |
| 1,548 | 10:28 pm PST, Mar 1 | Mr. | Anonymous | Philippines | I am Fighting for Democracy and Justice for All Zimbabweans! Happy 85th Birthday President Mugabe Huling Birthday Party Ka Na Po!(This is your Last birthday now!) MUGABE RESIGN NOW!!! |
| 1,547 | 11:49 am PST, Mar 1 | Ms. | Anonymous | Canada | Mr. Mugabe's flagrant disregard for the people's voice is not to be tolerated. Self- appointment and no-court judgements, anger freedom-loving people everywhere. |
| 1,546 | 5:38 pm PST, Feb 26 | Dr. | Roy Roy Nirschel | United States | I am a progressive educator in Rhode Island at a school committed to diversity so the arrest and unlawful imprisonment of a person of color (in this case the color being white) is unconscionable particularly at a time that his country needs leadership. |
| 1,545 | 3:53 am PST, Feb 26 | Mr. | Torsten Keil | Germany | |
| 1,544 | 6:35 am PST, Feb 25 | Anonymous | Zambia | Having left Zimbabwe under a year back, but retained my links there, I would love to find myself back in a free land once more. Muabe has ruined our once-beautiful land, and should be made to pay for it. Release Roy, imprison Bob.... | |
| 1,543 | 6:26 pm PST, Feb 24 | Ms. | Tarisai L | Australia | This is ridicolous - every Tom, Dick and Harry in Zim has been accused of Treason at some point or the other..free ROY he is a true so of the soil MUMWE WEDU!! I am glad to see that there will be someone campaigning for the White Farmers in Zim, God knows we need some peoplw who can see the economical sense in getting our Farmers back from Zambia |
| 1,542 | 12:58 am PST, Feb 24 | Ms. | camilla Le May | United Kingdom | |
| 1,541 | 1:16 pm PST, Feb 23 | Mr. | Karadameguricha social democrat | Japan | Free Roy Bennett! ZANU-PF must give all the power to MDC, the social democratic party in Zimbabwe and the leader for the restoration of democracy! ZANU-PF is a shame! |
| 1,540 | 4:28 am PST, Feb 23 | Anonymous | Zimbabwe | I just dont know how this can happen in 2009, I mean I thought the world was past ludicrous and outrageous displays of total disregard of human rights. I suppose I was wrong, there a lot of people with more to gain if Zimbabwe stays corrupt...and the little people like me and others have lost all hope. | |
| 1,539 | 8:21 pm PST, Feb 22 | Ms. | Anna Noyelle | Australia | imprisoning someone because they disagree with the government in power who is destroying their own country is pathetic. |
| 1,538 | 12:16 pm PST, Feb 20 | Mr. | Felipe Quirino | Brazil | |
| 1,537 | 7:47 am PST, Feb 20 | Mr. | Abrie Nel | South Africa | It is intolerable that Mugabe can claim legitimacy through a government of national unity with the MDC but then still act with impunity against its members, especially a cabinet member such as mr. Bennet. Mugabe is a monster a cannibal of his own people and a destroyer of his own country. |
| 1,536 | 3:49 am PST, Feb 20 | Mr. | Mike jaeger | United States | Forced White Resettlement is a disgrace. |
| 1,535 | 3:56 am PST, Feb 19 | Mr. | Ben Margulies | United Kingdom | It's time for the rule of law to return to Zimbabwe. |
| 1,534 | 12:36 am PST, Feb 19 | Mr. | Steven Lottering | South Africa | |
| 1,533 | 9:04 am PST, Feb 18 | Alex Payne | United Kingdom | It's sad to see what's happening in Zimbabwe | |
| 1,532 | 5:24 pm PST, Feb 17 | Ms. | Tari Mashababe | Zimbabwe | Roy Bennett's imprisonment is disgraceful. |
| 1,531 | 5:23 am PST, Feb 17 | Mr. | Gerald Gupper | Germany | Abandon Mugabe's regime now! |
| 1,530 | 7:25 pm PST, Feb 16 | Shelley Berning | Australia | I beleive in Zimbabwe and I beleive that people like Roy Bennett will bring about the positive changes needed to rebuild the country. | |
| 1,529 | 5:00 am PST, Feb 16 | Mr. | Les Holland | South Africa | |
| 1,528 | 9:01 pm PST, Feb 15 | Mr. | Andrew Mackay | United States | Mugabe has used the justice system as a not-so-secret police to attack his enemies while Zimbabwe rots. This is only one of his many atrocities. |
| 1,527 | 7:09 pm PST, Feb 15 | Mr. | Anonymous | Malaysia | Zimbawean need a break, end the charade and get on with work. From what we look at the situation nowadays, Zimbabwe needs plenty. |
| 1,526 | 10:02 am PST, Feb 15 | Mr. | Craig Goldstein | United States | The age of tyranny and racism MUST end in Africa NOW! |
| 1,525 | 7:21 am PST, Feb 15 | Mr. | Erik Oskamp | Japan | Zimbabwe is in need of a hero/ |
| 1,524 | 7:05 am PST, Feb 15 | Ms. | Isolde Viljoen | South Africa | |
| 1,523 | 12:29 am PST, Feb 15 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | ||
| 1,522 | 11:53 am PST, Feb 14 | Mr. | Markus Tshabalala | South Africa | My prayers are with you brother |
| 1,521 | 4:20 am PST, Feb 14 | Mr. | John Adriatico | United States | |
| 1,520 | 3:27 am PST, Feb 14 | Mr. | Craig Morris | France | People have the right to free speech. Stop this proposterous charade and let the man go about his business. |
| 1,519 | 2:56 am PST, Feb 14 | Mr. | SIMON AND JO WARREN | United Kingdom | we wish him and his family well ? he is very brave - we come from his area and know it to be gods country and now its ruined - release him now !!! |
| 1,518 | 4:56 pm PST, Feb 13 | Dr. | Albert Monroe | United States | Roy Bennett's imprisonment is disgraceful. Free Roy Bennett! Free Zimbabwe!!!! |
| 1,517 | 2:43 pm PST, Feb 13 | henri van rooy | Netherlands | outrageous to jail him in this phase of political build-up | |
| 1,516 | 1:06 pm PST, Feb 13 | Mr. | Anonymous | United States | Zimbabwe needs to return to normality, and become a country where the rule of law is supreme. As a result, Roy Bennett, a lawfully elected official, in Zimbabwe should be set free. |
| 1,515 | 1:00 pm PST, Feb 13 | Mr. | Kyle Bond | United Kingdom | The people of Zimbabwe have been robbed by Mugabe and his men. I support Roy Bennet as a courageous man with the brvery to fight this injustice. He is an insparation to us all. |
| 1,514 | 11:06 am PST, Feb 13 | Michael Holt | United States | Human Rights issues | |
| 1,513 | 4:35 pm PDT, Oct 2 | Kyle Ferguson | United States | Zimbabwe has experience to many tyrannts, the people of Zimbabwe need to be free. | |
| 1,512 | 9:20 am PDT, Aug 12 | Mr. | Jean Bally | Canada | Because Mugabe dont seem to understand the concept of democracy.Period |
| 1,511 | 4:52 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Ms. | Victoria Mary Stong/ Civil Rights Activist! | United States | Robert Mugabe is a big ruthless pig and needs to be stopped now! A crime against one is a crime against all! FREE ROY BENNETT AND STOP ROBERT(GANGSTER)MUGABE! |
| 1,510 | 6:56 pm PDT, Jun 16 | Mr. | Jacques Tremblay | Canada | For the future of Zimbabwe, it is better to listen every people that can help it to became a great and peaceful country. Nobody have the verity, everybody must listen what the other have to say. |
| 1,509 | 3:40 am PDT, Jun 12 | Anonymous | New Zealand | ||
| 1,508 | 1:54 am PDT, May 30 | Mr. | jorge pinto | United States | As a white in a coloured country like Guyana I can understand Mr Bennett . Our ancestors came to this place to work and were not british bureaucrats but farmers or technicians. |
| 1,507 | 9:24 pm PDT, May 19 | Anonymous | United States Minor Outlying Islands | ||
| 1,506 | 11:01 pm PDT, May 2 | Mr. | Raphael Carvalho | Brazil | sou um brasileiro e acompanho a situação politica do Zimbabue. Creio que uma coalizão internacional deveria ser feita para realizarem sanções contra o governo genocida de Robert Mugabe, e Roy Bennet deve ser livre pois luta apenas pelos direitos de sua patria |
| 1,505 | 10:12 pm PDT, Apr 22 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | Mugabe go to hell ! | |
| 1,504 | 7:55 am PDT, Apr 9 | Ms. | Jane Morris | United States | Mr Bennett is working for a better Zimbabwe for all Zimbabwians. |
| 1,503 | 11:51 am PDT, Apr 8 | Mr. | Tim Nolan | United States | The idea that Roy's acestors where theives and murderers is the kind of attitude that is driving Zimbabwe to the point of extinction. It is the very same attitude that blacks use in the United States; that whites are the oppressors and that we are responsible for the black man's general misfortune and limited success in the modern world. Like blacks in America, blacks in Zimbabwe have choosen to play the blame game and no black person is ever going to be responsible for his or her actions. If Zimbabwe has any prayer of becoming a strong nation again, it must ride itself of communist thugs like Mugabe and embrace real, pragmatic change. If it means giving back white farmers their land, it must done. Ian Smith was not a racist, he was a realist. He knew that a radical transition of his government over to black rule, would set the country back 200 years. The liberal whites in the US, England and Canada where all against him, he resisted despite kept the country afloat and allowed for it to prosper for 15 years. It pains me to see what is happening to the whites in Africa, losing everything because of racist thugs. By suppressing the white, everyone suffers. Try to remember that it was the white who brought civilization to Africa. Before this time, the black was nothing more than a savage, dancing in loin cloth. God bless Roy Bennett. |
| 1,502 | 7:56 pm PDT, Apr 7 | Mr. | Brian Ziegler | United States | It's about achieving social justice and democracy in Zimbabwe. It's terrible that Mugabe has made people like Roy Bennet suffer, as well as the majority of Zimbabwe starve. |
| 1,501 | 1:11 am PDT, Apr 4 | Marc Benach | Spain | In the name of Democracy and the Human Rights!! |
Free Roy Bennett Campaign
The Honourable MP Roy Bennett has experienced extraordinary levels of harassment and injustice at the hands of the Zimbabwean ZANU-PF government. He has been repeatedly arrested and tortured, his pregnant wife was attacked and as a result had a miscarriage, two of his workers have been murdered, and three others raped.
Despite the extent of the injustices against him, and the stress and grief he and his family has endured, Roy has always turned to the Zimbabwean justice system to air his grievances. The government has refused to comply with several court rulings in his favour, and no one has ever been punished for the crimes committed against him, his family, or the people who work for him.
Earlier this year (2004), in May, Roy Bennett was forced to sit in Parliament listening to Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa publicly insult him. Roy finally 'saw red' and foolishly shoved Patrick Chinamasa to the floor, a regrettable loss of control that he has subsequently apologised for in Parliament.
The ZANU-PF government however seized the opportunity to use its majority in parliament to sentence Roy Bennett to a year’s hard labour in prison. The Zimbabwean parliament is the only parliament in Africa that can imprison MPs outside a court of law, and it is not surprising that decisions are made along party political lines and not in the spirit of justice. Even less surprising when the person on trial is a man who overwhelmingly won a seat in what was previously a ZANU-PF stronghold.
Roy is currently serving a jail sentence in squalid inhuman conditions. Reports suggest that Roy is being singled out for particularly demeaning treatment. He needs our help.
Despite the extent of the injustices against him, and the stress and grief he and his family has endured, Roy has always turned to the Zimbabwean justice system to air his grievances. The government has refused to comply with several court rulings in his favour, and no one has ever been punished for the crimes committed against him, his family, or the people who work for him.
Earlier this year (2004), in May, Roy Bennett was forced to sit in Parliament listening to Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa publicly insult him. Roy finally 'saw red' and foolishly shoved Patrick Chinamasa to the floor, a regrettable loss of control that he has subsequently apologised for in Parliament.
The ZANU-PF government however seized the opportunity to use its majority in parliament to sentence Roy Bennett to a year’s hard labour in prison. The Zimbabwean parliament is the only parliament in Africa that can imprison MPs outside a court of law, and it is not surprising that decisions are made along party political lines and not in the spirit of justice. Even less surprising when the person on trial is a man who overwhelmingly won a seat in what was previously a ZANU-PF stronghold.
Roy is currently serving a jail sentence in squalid inhuman conditions. Reports suggest that Roy is being singled out for particularly demeaning treatment. He needs our help.
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