The very first video evidence of vote rigging in Zimbabwe has been made public by the Guardian newspaper. The footage was made by a former prison guard named Shepherd Yuda, who has since fled the country with his pregnant wife and children.
It is particularly good footage because there is no way around it: this is hard evidence that Robert Mugabe stole the vote. One tactic of Zanu-PF, the ruling party, to counter allegations of corruption and violence was to say that it was a lie, usually followed with an explanation of a Western conspiracy. However such denial is no longer possible with this video. If it had only been footage of the guard in question filming himself voting for Bob Mugabe, that could still be denied as an elaborate set-up by (yet again) those nasty Western conspirators. Unfortunately for those of you in denial we also see footage taken inside the prison of MDC secretary Tendai Biti who is awaiting trial, in addition to several other political prisoners. Such footage could not be tricked in any way unfortunately...
But see for yourselves and let there be no further doubt in your mind about the grim reality that is Zimbabwe.
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