Glen‑Peter
Ahlers,
a
law
professor
and
Interim
Associate
Dean
for
Information
Services
at
Barry
University
School
of
Law,
was
arrested
on
50
counts
of
unlawful
possession
of
materials
depicting
the
sexual
performance
of
a
child,
according
to
prosecutors
in
Orange
County,
Florida.
Barry
University
moved
quickly
to
distance
itself
from
the
allegations.
In
a
statement,
a
university
spokesperson
said,
“Barry
University
is
aware
of
the
arrest
of
a
member
of
our
law
faculty.
The
faculty
member
has
been
placed
on
immediate
administrative
leave
pending
further
review.
The
University
is
cooperating
fully
with
law
enforcement
authorities.”
At
Ahlers’s
first
court
appearance,
prosecutors
offered
details
that
only
made
the
allegations
more
disturbing.
While
the
charging
document
lists
50
counts,
prosecutors
indicated
that
the
scope
of
the
material
allegedly
found
was
far
larger.
“I
believe
it’s
only
50
counts,”
the
prosecutor
said
in
court.
“However,
it’s
alleged
there
were
hundreds
of
thousands
of
images
that
were
found
on
his
devices.”
Adding
to
the
gravity
of
the
allegations,
an
attorney
involved
in
the
proceedings
stated
that
“on
one
of
his
devices,
there
were
photos
of
female
students
from
certain
angles.”
According
to
reports,
Orange
County
deputies
searched
Ahlers’s
office
prior
to
his
arrest,
a
detail
that
will
undoubtedly
raise
serious
concerns
within
the
law
school
community,
particularly
among
students
who
trusted
the
institution
and
its
leadership.
Ahlers’s
defense
counsel
emphasized
mitigating
factors
in
arguing
bond,
noting
his
age
and
background.
“My
client
is
70
years
old.
He
has
no
prior
record
of
any
kind.
He’s
married,
he’s
a
citizen,
a
professional,
affidavit
says
cooperative
with
law
enforcement,
so
we’d
ask
the
state
to
take
those
into
consideration,”
his
attorney
told
the
court.
Ahlers
was
ordered
held
on
$100,000
bond,
set
at
$2,000
per
count.
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BREAKING:
The
Department
of
Justice
did
a
totally
normal
thing
in
New
Jersey!
After
a
year
of
open
defiance,
where
“acting”
US
Attorney
Alina
Habba
and
Attorney
General
Pam
Bondi
threw
up
middle
fingers
and
shitposted
about
“rogue,”
“activist”
judges,
a
prosecutor
in
New
Jersey
decided
to
try
doing
stuff
the
regular
way.
For
a
treat!
.@USAttyHabba
has
been
doing
a
great
job
in
making
NJ
safe
again.
Nonetheless,
politically
minded
judges
refused
to
allow
her
to
continue
in
her
position,
replacing
Alina
with
the
First
Assistant.
Accordingly,
the
First
Assistant
United
States
Attorney
in
New
Jersey
has
just…
—
Attorney
General
Pamela
Bondi
(@AGPamBondi)
July
22,
2025
The
unexpected
gravitas
occurred
in
one
of
the
thousands
of
habeas
cases
currently
swamping
trial
courts.
The
Department
of
Homeland
Security
recently
discovered
that
8
USC
§
1225(b)(1)(B)(iii)(IV)
requires
mandatory
detention
of
asylum
seekers,
including
those
who
were
released
in
the
country
decades
ago
and
given
work
permits.
Hundreds
of
judges
across
the
country
—
but
not
the
Fifth
Circuit!
—
have
scoffed
at
this
discovery
and
ordered
DHS
to
either
grant
immigrants
a
bond
hearing
or
release
them.
But
DHS
just
…
keeps
doing
it,
forcing
immigrants
to
race
to
file
individual
habeas
claims
before
being
disappeared
to
a
gulag
in
Texas.
Virtually
every
district
court
in
the
country
is
straining
under
the
weight
of
dozens
or
hundreds
of
virtually
identical
habeas
petitions
which
require
immediate
judicial
attention.
The
problem
is
exacerbated
by
DHS’s
total
lack
of
interest
in
complying
with
court
orders.
That’s
what
caused
immigration
lawyer
Julie
Le’s
courtroom
crashout
in
Minnesota,
during
which
she
suggested
that
she’d
welcome
a
contempt
order
because
then
she
could
finally
get
a
rest
from
having
to
go
to
battle
with
ICE
every
day
to
get
it
to
follow
the
law.
In
Minnesota,
Chief
Judge
Schiltz
compiled
a
list
of
96
court
orders
violated
in
his
district
in
January
alone.
But
Judge
Michael
Farbiarz
of
the
District
of
New
Jersey
went
one
better
and
ordered
the
US
Attorney’s
Office
to
produce
the
list
itself.
On
February
5,
he
instructed
prosecutors
to
“enumerate
each
instance
in
which
the
Respondents
or
people
acting
on
their
behalf
violated
an
order
issued
by
a
judge
of
this
district
between
December
5,
2025
and
the
present.”
And
to
her
credit,
special
attorney
Jordan
Fox
complied.
In
a
declaration
which
has
not
yet
appeared
on
the
docket
but
was
obtained
by
Politico,
Fox
listed
56
violations
of
court
orders
in
547
immigration
cases,
including
removing
petitioners
from
New
Jersey,
failing
to
grant
timely
bond
hearings,
and
late
filings.
Notably
absent
was
an
indignant
suggestion
that
these
orders
were
illegal
or
represented
judicial
overreach.
In
fact,
Fox
thanked
Judge
Farbiarz
for
“the
opportunity,
as
a
senior
Department
of
Justice
official,
to
submit
a
declaration”
and
for
his
“recent
recognition”
in
a
separate
habeas
matter
that
her
office
is
trying
very
hard
to
comply
with
court
rulings
under
difficult
circumstances.
“I
understand
Your
Honor’s
concerns
about
these
extremely
important
issues
with
constitutional
implications,”
she
wrote.
“The
line
AUSAs
and
staff
of
the
Civil
Division,
their
supervisors,
the
Front
Office,
and
I
will
all
continue
to
ensure
full
compliance
with
court
orders.”
Alina
Habba
could
never!
Which
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
the
judges
in
the
district
refused
to
use
their
power
under
28
USC
§
546(d)
to
bless
her
continued
tenure
after
her
temporary
appointment
timed
out.
The
president’s
pugilistic
personal
lawyer
stuck
around
for
a
couple
months
LARPing
as
US
Attorney,
but
in
December
the
Third
Circuit
said
the
jig
was
up,
and
she
finally
flounced
out.
With
no
ability
to
install
an
interim
replacement,
Bondi
appointed
a
troika
of
three
normie
lawyers
to
run
the
US
Attorney’s
Office
in
New
Jersey.
Fox,
who
previously
served
as
chief
of
staff
to
Deputy
Attorney
General
Todd
Blanche,
supervises
the
Civil
and
Appellate
Divisions.
Although
she’s
only
five
years
out
of
law
school,
she’s
Bondi’s
pick
to
run
the
office
permanently.
The
New
Jersey
Globe
reports
that
Fox
has
been
negotiating
with
those
“rogue”
judges
to
appoint
her
under
§
546(d),
breaking
the
logjam
caused
by
Trump’s
refusal
to
nominate
someone
who
can
get
blue
slips
from
New
Jersey’s
two
Democratic
Senators.
Perhaps
this
explains
Fox’s
recent
professionalism.
Or
maybe
it’s
just
that
her
future
plans
involve
practicing
law
in
New
Jersey,
rather
than
earning
her
living
as
a
MAGA
courtier.
Whatever
the
reason,
Judge
Farbiarz
credited
her
filing
as
“careful,
thorough,
and
plainly
the
product
of
a
great
deal
of
work
by
a
great
many
professionals
at
the
United
States
Attorney’s
Office.”
But
it’s
not
going
to
end
the
inquiry!
“On
or
before
February
25
at
10:00am,
the
Respondents
shall
file
an
affidavit,
executed
by
a
senior
official,
detailing
the
procedures
that
are
in
place
(or
that
will
be
put
in
place
in
the
near-term)
to
ensure
that
court
orders
issued
by
district
judges
in
New
Jersey
are
timely
and
consistently
complied
with,”
Judge
Farbiarz
wrote.
He
opened
negotiations
by
suggested
that
DHS
might
agree
not
to
remove
anyone
with
a
pending
habeas
petition
from
New
Jersey,
since
every
judge
in
the
district
is
administratively
ordering
it
the
second
the
case
is
assigned.
Which
is
great
news
for
Fox!
All
she
has
to
do
to
land
her
dream
job
is
get
ICE
to
quit
breaking
the
law
and
defying
court
orders.
Easy
peasy!
For
more
than
a
decade,
I’ve
written
on
LinkedIn
almost
every
day.
I
missed
a
few
here
and
there.
Trials
intervene.
Travel
intervenes.
Life
intervenes.
But
mostly,
I
showed
up.
I
began
writing
while
I
was
still
trying
to
figure
out
if
I
belonged
in
this
profession.
I
was
dealing
with
imposter
syndrome.
I
wondered
if
I
was
a
fraud.
I
wrote
to
clarify
my
thinking.
I
wrote
to
test
whether
I
had
learned
anything
worth
sharing.
I
wrote
to
help
young
lawyers
while
I
was
still
becoming
one.
Over
time,
those
daily
posts
became
short,
direct lessons learned
in
courtrooms,
depositions,
client
meetings,
interviews,
conferences,
and
hard
conversations.
Here
are
100
of
them.
Not
theory.
Not
academic.
Just
what
works.
I.
Mindset:
The
Foundation
(1–15)
1. Work
hard.
No
substitute.
2. Discipline
beats
motivation.
3. When
it
gets
uncomfortable,
lean
in.
4. The
hard
path
usually leads somewhere
worthwhile.
5. Temporary
setbacks
are
not
permanent
verdicts.
6. Grit
is
staying
when
others
leave.
7. Doubt
is
normal.
Quitting
is
optional.
8. You
don’t
need
to
feel
ready.
You
need
to
start.
9. Build
habits,
not
hype.
10. You
are
not
behind.
You
are
building.
11. Effort
compounds.
12. Stay
curious.
Complacency
is
dangerous.
13. The
profession
is
demanding.
Rise
to
it.
14. You
don’t
grow
in
easy
seasons.
15. Show
up
—
especially
when
you
don’t
feel
like
it.
II.
Ownership:
Your
Name
Is On It
(16–30)
16. Your
cases
are
yours.
17. Delegate
tasks.
Never
delegate
accountability.
18. Read
everything
before
it
goes
out.
19. Verify
every
citation.
20. Deadlines
are
promises.
Keep
them.
21. Follow
up
without
being
asked.
22. Anticipate
problems
before
they
surface.
23. Keep
moving
files
forward.
24. Silence
from
you
creates
anxiety
for
clients.
25. A
missed
detail
can
undo
months
of
work.
26. If
something
feels
off,
check
it.
27. Assume
nothing.
Confirm
everything.
28. Preparation
reduces
stress.
29. Own
the
result
—
win
or
lose.
30. Learn
more
from
losses
than
wins.
III.
Courtroom
&
Litigation
Craft
(31–45)
31. Start
with
your
strongest
point.
32. Judges
want
clarity.
33. Simplicity
persuades.
34. Adapt
your
deposition
style
to
the
witness.
35. Sometimes
calm
wins
more
than
aggression.
36. Listen
more
than
you
speak.
37. Jury
selection
is
about
removing
risk.
38. Test
themes
early.
39. Stories
persuade
more
than
statutes.
40. Don’t
over-try
a
hearing.
41. Respect
the
court’s
time.
42. Professionalism
is a strategy.
43. Give
opposing
counsel
room
to
resolve.
44. Never
take
litigation
personally.
45. Prepare as
if
a trial
is
certain.
IV.
Professionalism
&
Reputation
(46–60)
46. Your
reputation
walks
into
the
room
before
you
do.
47. Be
the
steady
one.
48. Lower
the
temperature,
don’t
raise
it.
49. Pick
up
the
phone.
Tone
matters.
50. Confirm
agreements
in
writing.
51. Be
early.
52. Dress as it
matters.
53. Be
respectful
to
everyone
—
staff
included.
54. Send
thank-you
notes.
55. Praise
publicly.
Criticize
privately.
56. Avoid
email
wars.
57. Your
word
should
mean
something.
58. Return
calls.
59. Build
relationships
before
you
need
them.
60. Gratitude
builds
goodwill.
V.
Mentorship
&
Development
(61–70)
61. Seek
mentors
who
challenge
you.
62. Ask
how
they
think,
not
just
what
they
do.
63. Watch
how
good
lawyers
handle
pressure.
64. Learn
the
unwritten
rules.
65. Teach
what
you’ve
learned.
66. Pay
forward
practical
advice.
67. Invest
in
your
speaking
skills.
68. Start
small.
Improve
gradually.
69. Feedback
is
fuel.
70. Surround
yourself
with
people
better
than
you.
VI.
Career
Strategy
(71–85)
71. Decide
intentionally:
specialist
or
broad-based.
72. Reassess
your
goals
yearly.
73. Build
a
professional
presence
online.
74. Your
digital
footprint
matters.
75. Clients
research
you
before
calling.
76. Write.
It
clarifies
your
thinking.
77. Speak.
It
builds
credibility.
78. Network
consistently,
not
frantically.
79. Protect
your
integrity
at
all
costs.
80. Say
no
when
necessary.
81. Not
every
opportunity
is
your
opportunity.
82. Stay
financially
disciplined.
83. Invest
in
continuing
education.
84. Don’t
chase
titles.
Chase
competence.
85. Think
long-term.
VII.
Clients
&
Business
Judgment
(86–95)
86. Litigation
is
your
job.
It’s
your
client’s
stress.
87. Explain
risk
in
plain
language.
88. Early
evaluation
saves
money.
89. Create
workflows
that
reduce
chaos.
90. Communicate
before
being
asked.
91. Underpromise.
Overdeliver.
92. Be
practical,
not
theatrical.
93. Know
when
to
settle.
94. Know
when
to
try
the
case.
95. Always
protect
the
client’s
trust.
VIII.
Technology
&
Change
(96–100)
96. Embrace technology,
but supervise
it.
97. Verify
machine
output
before
relying
on
it.
98. Adapt
early
to
change.
99. Train
continuously.
100. Lawyers
who
evolve
will
outlast
those
who
resist.
Conclusion:
Why
I
Kept
Writing
I
began
writing
because
I
was
searching
for
my
place
in
this
profession.
I
questioned
whether
I
truly
belonged.
I
wondered
whether
I
had
anything
worth
saying.
Writing
daily
forced
clarity.
It
forced
discipline.
It
forced
reflection.
Over
time,
that
habit
turned
into
something
larger
—
articles,
speaking
engagements,
conversations,
mentorship.
You
don’t
have
to
wait
until
you
feel
established
to
contribute.
You
don’t
have
to
wait
until
you’re
certain.
If
you
have
lived
through
a
deposition,
a
tough
client
call,
a
hard
loss,
a
demanding
partner
—
you
have
learned
something.
Share
it.
Write.
Mentor.
Teach.
Lead.
You
may
think
you’re
just
adding
your
voice.
You
may
be
helping
someone
find
theirs.
Frank
Ramos
is
a
partner
at
Goldberg
Segalla
in
Miami,
where
he
practices
commercial
litigation,
products,
and
catastrophic
personal
injury. You
can
follow
him
on LinkedIn,
where
he
has
about
80,000
followers.
*
Biglaw
lawyers
are
charging
$3400/hour
and
clients
are
paying.
Because
no
matter
how
much
they
gnash
their
teeth,
they
always
do.
[WSJ]
*
Remember
the
episode
of
JAG
where
the
military
lawyer
paradropped
into
a
Minnesota
habeas
mess
and
instantly
got
held
in
contempt
for
failing
to
comply
with
court
orders?
No?
Well,
it’s
real
life
now.
[Fox
9]
*
The
Artist
Formerly
Known
as
Prince…
Andrew
arrested
in
connection
with
Epstein
investigation.
Meanwhile,
our
[CNN]
*
More
lawyers
sanctioned
for
AI-generated
brief
errors.
[Reuters]
*
DOJ
defections
flood
the
labor
market
with
qualified
attorneys.
[CBS
News]
*
“Roberts,
Alito
Face
New
Criticism
of
Stock
Ownership
After
Rule
Change.”
Actually,
it’s
the
same
old
criticism,
but
it’s
nice
we
get
to
talk
about
it
again.
[National
Law
Journal]
*
Law
professor
arrested
and
charged
with
possession
of
child
porn.
Somehow
this
is
not
about
Jeffrey
Epstein.
[News
6]
Lucy
Chivasa,
a
lawyer,
journalist
and
activist,
said
amendments
being
advanced
under
the
Constitutional
Amendment
Bill
risk
silencing
already
marginalised
communities,
including
women,
people
with
disabilities,
linguistic
and
tribal
minorities,
and
politically
excluded
groups.
Speaking
during
an
online
discussion
on
constitutionalism
hosted
by
Community
Podium,
Chivasa
said
reforms
often
framed
as
technical
or
administrative
adjustments
can
have
deep
and
lasting
social
and
political
consequences.
“One
of
the
biggest
concerns
for
me
is
the
proposal
to
merge
the
Zimbabwe
Gender
Commission
with
the
Zimbabwe
Human
Rights
Commission,”
she
said.
While
folding
women’s
rights
into
a
broader
human
rights
body
may
appear
efficient,
she
warned
it
could
dilute
specialised
advocacy
and
reduce
focused
attention
on
systemic
gender
inequality.
“There
are
things
that
the
Gender
Commission
was
doing
for
women
that
cannot
simply
be
overshadowed
in
a
larger
commission,”
Ms
Chivasa
said.
She
also
raised
alarm
over
proposals
that
would
allow
Members
of
Parliament
to
elect
the
president,
instead
of
a
direct
popular
vote.
Ms
Chivasa
said
such
a
system
could
entrench
political
exclusion,
particularly
for
communities
whose
voting
preferences
are
already
in
the
minority.
“We
cannot
pretend
there
is
no
regionalism
in
voting
patterns,”
she
said.
“Urban
voters,
for
example,
are
often
in
the
minority
nationally.
At
what
point
is
their
will
going
to
be
seen?”
Another
controversial
proposal
is
the
creation
of
a
Delimitation
Commission
to
take
over
the
drawing
of
constituency
boundaries,
a
role
currently
performed
by
the
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission.
Ms
Chivasa
questioned
whether
removing
this
function
from
ZEC
would
improve
transparency
or
instead
fragment
oversight
in
ways
that
benefit
the
executive.
“For
me,
this
is
about
consolidating
power
within
the
executive,”
she
said,
adding
that
democratic
governance
depends
on
the
independence
and
impartiality
of
the
three
arms
of
the
state.
Concerns
were
also
expressed
about
proposals
linked
to
the
management
of
the
voters’
roll,
which
Ms
Chivasa
said
could
become
vulnerable
to
political
interference
if
placed
under
institutions
that
report
directly
to
the
executive.
Meanwhile,
women’s
rights
organisations
under
the
umbrella
of
the
Women’s
Coalition
of
Zimbabwe
said
the
Bill
contains
several
amendments
with
serious
implications
for
women.
In
a
statement,
the
coalition
said
women
make
up
52%
of
Zimbabwe’s
population
and
warned
that
the
proposed
changes
signal
“a
drastic
systematic
overhaul
of
the
progressive
and
prescriptive
constitutional
order”.
HARARE
–
A
court
has
ordered
the
ministry
of
defence
and
the
Air
Force
of
Zimbabwe
to
pay
over
US$116,000
in
damages
to
a
widow
whose
husband
died
after
being
struck
by
a
vehicle
driven
by
an
air
force
employee.
Justice
Never
Katiyo
of
the
Harare
High
Court
ruled
that
the
ministry
and
the
Air
Force
were
to
blame
for
the
2019
crash
which
killed
Mudavanhu
Manjengwa,
finding
they
had
allowed
an
unlicensed
officer
to
control
a
fleet
of
vehicles
without
proper
supervision.
The
victim’s
widow,
Lucia
Manjengwa,
had
sued
for
loss
of
support
following
her
husband’s
death
from
injuries
sustained
in
the
December
21,
2019,
accident.
In
a
judgment
delivered
on
February
11,
Justice
Katiyo
found
the
driver,
Matthew
Mushinga,
negligent
but
held
his
employers
vicariously
liable
after
concluding
he
had
been
entrusted
with
the
vehicle
despite
lacking
a
valid
military
driving
licence.
“The
defendants,
by
issuing
a
service
vehicle
and
placing
it
under
the
control
of
an
unlicensed
officer,
created
a
foreseeable
risk
to
the
public,”
the
judge
said.
The
court
apportioned
liability
at
95
percent
to
the
ministry
of
defence
and
the
Air
Force,
and
five
percent
to
the
driver,
who
was
described
as
the
primary
wrongdoer.
Evidence
showed
the
deceased,
who
was
44
at
the
time
of
his
death,
earned
about
US$931
per
month
and
would
likely
have
continued
working
for
another
11
years.
Justice
Katiyo
said
the
widow
was
entitled
to
compensation
for
loss
of
support,
awarding
US$116,772.48
or
the
equivalent
in
local
currency
at
the
prevailing
exchange
rate,
plus
interest
from
the
date
summons
was
filed
until
full
payment.
Speaking
at
the
Geneva
Summit
for
Human
Rights
and
Democracy,
Mhlanga,
who
spent
two
and
a
half
months
in
harsh
pre-trial
detention
in
Zimbabwe
in
early
2025,
warned
that
the
flow
of
illegal
migrants
to
Western
countries
is
often
a
direct
consequence
of
political
repression
in
their
countries
of
origin.
Below
is
Mhlanga’s
statement:
“I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
here,
and
I’m
humbled.
For
25
years,
I’ve
been
reporting
on
stories
in
Zimbabwe
that
others
dared
not
touch.
That
has
been
my
work.
“But
it
was
disrupted
last
year
when
the
Zimbabwean
regime
sent
me
to
75
days
of
horror—a
hell
in
pre-trial
detention
for
another
man’s
speech,
a
speech
made
at
a
press
conference
that
was
broadcast
at
a
TV
station
I
work
for.
“This,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
the
new
face
of
repression
in
Zimbabwe,
laced
with
sophistication.
In
the
past,
it
was
naked
violence
on
the
streets,
abductions,
and
forced
disappearances.
This
has
changed.
It
is
now
violence
committed
through
the
legal
system,
what
I
call
‘lawfare’—violence
by
law.
“In
February
2025,
the
regime
arrested
me
and
charged
me
with
transmitting
messages
likely
to
incite
violence,
even
though
I
had
no
involvement
whatsoever
in
this
alleged
crime.
I
was
denied
bail
three
times,
a
violation
of
our
Constitution.
“The
state
deliberately
misled
the
court,
presenting
redacted
transcripts
that
were
deliberately
manipulated
to
support
their
allegations
of
violence
and
to
keep
me
in
prison
without
trial.
“Today,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
sit
in
front
of
you
free,
but
not
free;
without
chains
in
my
hands,
but
chains
in
my
mind
and
pain
in
my
heart.
I
was
given
bail;
my
passport
was
taken.
Freedom
to
move
or
work
was
taken
away
from
me
under
bail
conditions,
crippling
my
finances.
“The
regime
punishes
you
by
punishing
your
family.
It
hits
your
pockets
to
the
extent
that
your
children
suffer.
They
know
that
you’re
strong,
but
they
want
to
hurt
those
that
you
care
about
so
that
you
think
twice
before
doing
your
work.
“Many,
as
the
stories
that
have
been
told
here,
think
Zimbabwe
is
turning
the
corner;
it
is
becoming
a
democratic
dispensation.
I’m
here
to
tell
you
that
no,
it
has
just
become
more
sophisticated
in
its
oppression.
“Just
yesterday,
the
government
of
Zimbabwe
proposed
new
changes
to
the
constitution.
They
want
to
increase
the
presidential
term
from
five
years
to
seven
and
allow
the
president
to
appoint
judges
directly—an
unelected
president
appointing
judges.
“For
a
president
who
promised
to
stick
to
the
constitution
and
respect
human
rights,
this
attempt
to
extend
terms,
appoint
judges
without
scrutiny,
and
steal
voting
rights
from
the
people
opens,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
a
very,
very
dark
door
which
must
scare
the
world,
the
UN,
into
action.
“Because
when
repression
hides
behind
the
law
and
hides
behind
sovereignty,
the
poor
suffer,
and
they
are
forced
to
flee
from
their
home,
from
their
country,
as
refugees
into
your
homes—into
your
homes—and
you
call
them
illegal
immigrants,
and
you
push
them
out
violently.
But
it
is
because
of
your
silence
that
they
have
been
pushed
away
from
their
homes
that
they
love
so
much.
“I
stand
here;
I
will
stay
in
Zimbabwe
regardless,
because
I
believe
in
my
country
and
I
love
it.
We
need
international
and
diplomatic
pressure
and
solidarity
to
protect
the
weak,
to
protect
the
poor,
and
to
protect
human
rights,
not
only
in
Zimbabwe
but
in
all
the
other
countries.
“I
know
that
international
pressure
works
because
it
is
this
pressure
from
the
UK,
from
the
US,
and
from
the
EU
and
my
fellow
Zimbabweans
that
secured
my
release
on
May
7th.
“The
fact
is,
Zimbabwe
is
not
democratising;
the
worst
is
yet
to
come.
And
as
a
journalist,
I
will
continue
to
tell
the
truth,
because
journalism
is
all
I
know
and
it’s
all
I
intend
to
do.
“Oppression
in
one
country
has
consequences
in
all
other
countries.
It
breeds
instability
and
distability
to
citizens
whose
country’s
democracy
is
working
well.
It
is
like
COVID:
it
will
spread
to
everyone.
I
thank
you.”
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