(10 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of banner of abducted activist, Jestina Mukoko
2. Various of banners
3. Marchers
4. Banner held by marching lawyers
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Selby Hwacha, Human Rights lawyer:
"This is the month in which human rights are commemorated. This one is particularly important because a colleague, if you wish, in the cause of human rights Jestina Mukoko was abducted and this march must carry the statement also that as Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights, as human rights defenders people are not prepared to be intimidated. So that's why we are here."
5. Marchers with banners
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Selby Hwacha, Human Rights lawyer:
"Absolutely frightening that we should be going back to that nature and occurrences and more so as you might know a few days have been spent around the courts to get an order fro what appears to be state agencies to release them (Mukoko ands other missing activists). So absolutely frightening for personal security, absolutely frightening for the rule of law and absolutely frightening for the future of this country."
7. Banner of Jestina Mukoko
8. Selby marching
STORYLINE
A group of lawyers marched peacefully through downtown Harare on Wednesday, calling for the release of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko.
Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was allegedly taken from her home a week ago, when activists held nationwide protests against the country's deepening economic and health crises.
Zimbabwean security officials are accused of detaining, harassing and beating opponents of Mugabe's increasingly autocratic rule, although the government denies such allegations.
A judge on Tuesday ordered police to investigate Mukoko's disappearance.
The lawyers - some dressed in their black gowns - carried placards reading: "Stop abductions now" and calling Mukoko a "woman of peace."
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