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| On Sunday, Jestina Mukoko, executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was "released" from prison. Her lawyer, the feminist human and women's rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa, among others, greeted her. Yes, it's springtime in Zimbabwe, as in Zimbabwe Spring … except that it's not. Friday was International Women's Day, #IWD2013. To honour that, the Zimbabwean government organised a fake flight and a fake hunt. The government claimed that Jestina Mukoko was on the run. By all accounts, she wasn't. The government put out an all points bulletin on Mukoko, organised a full-scale media appeal, pleading with "citizens'" to notify the authorities if she was spotted. | On Sunday, Jestina Mukoko, executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was "released" from prison. Her lawyer, the feminist human and women's rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa, among others, greeted her. Yes, it's springtime in Zimbabwe, as in Zimbabwe Spring … except that it's not. Friday was International Women's Day, #IWD2013. To honour that, the Zimbabwean government organised a fake flight and a fake hunt. The government claimed that Jestina Mukoko was on the run. By all accounts, she wasn't. The government put out an all points bulletin on Mukoko, organised a full-scale media appeal, pleading with "citizens'" to notify the authorities if she was spotted. |
| Not knowing that she was a "fugitive", Mukoko walked into the police station and turned herself in, if that's the right phrase. And she was held in police custody and interrogated for two days. | Not knowing that she was a "fugitive", Mukoko walked into the police station and turned herself in, if that's the right phrase. And she was held in police custody and interrogated for two days. |
| Mukoko is no stranger to Zimbabwean prisons. In 2008, she was held and tortured in prison. She has since sued the government for having tortured her. The Zimbabwean supreme court ordered a permanent stay of execution in the state's case against her. As the weekend's events show, permanent is a fluid concept. | Mukoko is no stranger to Zimbabwean prisons. In 2008, she was held and tortured in prison. She has since sued the government for having tortured her. The Zimbabwean supreme court ordered a permanent stay of execution in the state's case against her. As the weekend's events show, permanent is a fluid concept. |
| Some fear the 'return to terror', while others hope for something called healing. Others in the media note the use of the media to persecute Mukoko. Of course, they mean "the other media". | Some fear the 'return to terror', while others hope for something called healing. Others in the media note the use of the media to persecute Mukoko. Of course, they mean "the other media". |
| So … happy International Women's Day, Zimbabwe! Meanwhile, once again Jestina Mukoko is described as "released". Released? Really? | So … happy International Women's Day, Zimbabwe! Meanwhile, once again Jestina Mukoko is described as "released". Released? Really? |
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