(25 Apr 2008) SHOTLIST
Harare, 25 April 2008
1. Wide of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) headquarters, Harvest House
2. Mid of closed doors
3. Close-up of closed doors
4. Opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai's photograph on a banner on the building reading: (English) "Morgan is more"
Johannesburg, 25 April 2008
5. Set-up of Secretary General of MDC, Tendai Biti
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tendai Biti, MDC Secretary General:
"Over 500 heavily armed policemen raided our head office, Harvest House in 44 Nelson Mandela avenue, where they arrested literally everyone who was inside the building. So about 360 people have been arrested, we don't know where they have taken them."
7. Cutaway of Biti's hands and arms
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tendai Biti, MDC Secretary General:
"There is a massive crackdown in Zimbabwe, lots of people are being killed, they're being killed and then buried very quickly. Police are not being allowed to open dockets, because dockets will be evidence of atrocities in the future."
9. Cutaway mid of Biti talking
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tendai Biti, MDC Secretary General:
"We've met with the UN Secretary General, we've met with President Kufuor of Ghana, Prime Minister Raila Odinga (of Kenya) , we've met literally and virtually with everyone and our message is very clear, dead bodies are now beginning to flow out of Zimbabwe. Please intervene. Please intervene before the situation gets worse."
11. Cutaway of camera
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tendai Biti, MDC Secretary General:
"And we are not looking to the Americans, we are looking to the Africans. This is an African problem we want and demand an African solution to the problem."
13. Wide of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai walking into building
Paris, 25 April, 2008
14. Wide of Leader of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma speaking to aide
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacob Zuma, Leader of the ANC:
"I think this is just going beyond the point where people should just look at it. I think we need to find a way that the situation is attended to as urgently as possible."
16. Cutaway of ANC badge on jacket
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacob Zuma, Leader of the ANC:
"We condemn that. It cannot happen in the manner in which it has happened. It's just not right. I mean it is one thing if a country, for its own reasons which we might not know internally, the headquarters of the opposition is raided - in this case, the fact that there is a contestation, there are results that are not coming out and then raid those that have been participating - I think that needs to be condemned."
18. Various of Zuma sitting in chair
STORYLINE:
Zimbabwe Police raided the headquarters of the opposition party on Friday, allegedly seizing material supporting the contention that President Robert Mugabe lost the recent elections.
The Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, Tendai Biti, said around 500 heavily armed police stormed the offices.
"They arrested literally everyone who was inside the building. So about 360 people have been arrested, we don't know where they have taken them," Biti told AP Television.
Speaking in Johannesburg, Biti pleaded for international intervention in Zimbabwe.
"Dead bodies are now beginning to flow out of Zimbabwe. Please intervene. Please intervene before the situation gets worse," Biti said.
In particular, Biti said the Zimbabwe people would be looking to their African neighbours to show leadership on the issue.
"This is an African problem we want and demand an African solution to the problem."
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