- Signatures: 1,507
- 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 | Name | Country | Why I support this campaign: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,512 | 9:20 am PDT, Aug 12 | Jean Bally | Canada | Because Mugabe dont seem to understand the concept of democracy.Period |
| 1,511 | 4:52 pm PDT, Jun 24 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Jane Morris | United States | Mr Bennett is working for a better Zimbabwe for all Zimbabwians. |
| 1,503 | 11:51 am PDT, Apr 8 | 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 | 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!! |
| 1,500 | 2:15 pm PST, Feb 23 | richard marsh | United Kingdom | i don't see colour - this is so wrong. why can't everyone just chill |
| 1,499 | 9:08 am PST, Feb 12 | Anton Oscar Iorga | Canada | |
| 1,498 | 10:14 pm PST, Jan 8 | Michael E | United States | Because America itself has had a stain of injustice towards blacks in its history; however, we have the prospect of electing the first black president in the near future. People of all creeds and colors must come together to fight injustice, I myself am white, so I have to stand up for what I see as injustice to a person because of his ethnicity, let us learn from the past and heal our wounds, not build upon the past injustices with more injustice |
| 1,497 | 8:43 am PST, Jan 2 | Simos Tarabatzis | Greece | |
| 1,496 | 9:42 am PST, Dec 27 | Anonymous | Germany | |
| 1,495 | 10:58 am PST, Nov 26 | John H. Killian Jr | United States | |
| 1,494 | 9:30 am PST, Nov 26 | John Killian | United States | |
| 1,493 | 10:58 am PDT, Oct 19 | Nathaniel Cooper | United States | Mugabe is an evil man and I support anyone who stands up to him. |
| 1,492 | 7:54 am PDT, Sep 28 | mats torkildsen | Norway | becaues mugabe is asshole who will soon burn in hell |
| 1,491 | 4:20 pm PDT, Sep 8 | trevor dowdney | United States | Mugabe is simply barbaric. Generating and fueling hatred with every passing minute. No chance for peace and reconciliation, The whites new they did wrong but when is enough is enough. |
| 1,490 | 9:38 am PDT, Aug 9 | Natalie Wynard | United States | Mugabe needs to get his old asssssssssssss out man should he not be dead or sumthin |
| 1,489 | 8:41 am PDT, Jul 30 | Jonatan Stenberg | Sweden | |
| 1,488 | 9:43 am PDT, Jul 24 | Simon Bewley | Ireland | Roy you practice what you preach! You are a true Zimbabwean standing up for your rights. I wish the world would too! |
| 1,487 | 5:44 pm PDT, May 18 | Anonymous | United States | |
| 1,486 | 9:11 am PDT, May 11 | Courtney R | Malaysia | |
| 1,485 | 7:40 pm PDT, May 6 | Hazel Chase | United States | |
| 1,484 | 11:23 am PDT, May 5 | Paul Ness | United Kingdom | Mugabe is ruining Zimbabwe, his entire party needs to be executed!!! |
| 1,483 | 9:33 am PDT, Apr 26 | Tonya Rogers | United States | |
| 1,482 | 8:12 am PDT, Apr 26 | James O. Thompson | United States | |
| 1,481 | 9:38 am PDT, Apr 18 | Ross Gladson | United States | |
| 1,480 | 11:53 am PDT, Apr 16 | Ashley Cameron | United States | becausei care about this and somethign should be done |
| 1,479 | 4:56 am PDT, Apr 7 | Barry Thiessen | Canada | |
| 1,478 | 7:21 am PDT, Mar 28 | Pauline Houzard | Guadeloupe | |
| 1,477 | 2:24 pm PDT, Mar 26 | Amanda Zoe | New Zealand | |
| 1,476 | 4:10 pm PDT, Mar 19 | Melissa Bardwell | United States | |
| 1,475 | 9:26 am PDT, Mar 19 | Alice Kruta | Canada | |
| 1,474 | 4:10 am PDT, Mar 19 | Michelle Helland | United States | |
| 1,473 | 2:15 pm PDT, Mar 15 | Alicia Oxenhorn | United States | |
| 1,472 | 7:15 pm PDT, Mar 14 | Jennifer Rogers | United States | |
| 1,471 | 2:47 am PDT, Mar 13 | Trisha Foster | United States | |
| 1,470 | 1:05 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Martha Eberle | United States | |
| 1,469 | 6:18 am PST, Mar 9 | carlo casella | Italy | |
| 1,468 | 11:50 pm PST, Mar 2 | mohammed MDC-Zimbabwe | Australia | I know Pachedu- Roy Bennett as a Peace loving person thats done so much for people in his area. The people love him so much and respect him MORE THAN they respect The MAFIA RULER ... ROBERT MUGABE. |
| 1,467 | 10:01 pm PST, Feb 25 | Anonymous | United States | |
| 1,466 | 1:11 pm PST, Feb 10 | Chrystina Hegedus | United States | |
| 1,465 | 8:25 am PST, Feb 6 | Amanda Nemeroff | United States | |
| 1,464 | 5:13 pm PST, Jan 31 | Amanda Curry | United States | This is a incredibly strong and noble person. I hope and pray for his safety and his family's safety. |
| 1,463 | 3:03 am PST, Jan 30 | Jim Bennett | Australia | Abuse by authorities of due process and natural justice |
| 1,462 | 4:40 pm PST, Jan 29 | Derick Pierce | United States | |
| 1,461 | 6:13 am PST, Jan 26 | Samantha Walsh | United Kingdom | |
| 1,460 | 1:40 pm PST, Jan 23 | Christine Iadeluca | United States | |
| 1,459 | 12:06 am PST, Jan 20 | Maria Meyer | United States | |
| 1,458 | 7:17 pm PST, Jan 19 | muria myhre | United States | |
| 1,457 | 3:50 am PST, Jan 19 | Paul Norton | United Kingdom | |
| 1,456 | 3:11 am PST, Jan 19 | Alistair Parkinson | South Africa | Roy You are a Truly Barve person, doing amazing things for your county never give up hope! |
| 1,455 | 3:51 am PST, Jan 11 | shona murray | Ireland | |
| 1,454 | 4:35 pm PST, Jan 8 | Jonathan Backstrom | United States | |
| 1,453 | 4:12 am PST, Jan 8 | Fitguy N | China | |
| 1,452 | 12:10 pm PST, Jan 7 | Miles Martin | United States | |
| 1,451 | 3:16 pm PST, Jan 5 | Amie Campbell | New Zealand |
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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