The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (African Commission), the African Union’s human rights body, found the Government of Zimbabwe in violation of Articles I and IV of the African Charter concerning extra-judicial killings. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, which submitted the complaint, welcomes the decision. As ruled by the African Commission, the […]
The report shows the epitome of the violence was in March. This was when opposition political party leaders, supporters, civil society activists, church leaders and scores of the general Zimbabwean public were brutalized and arrested for converging at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfields for an intended prayer meeting. A number of the victims on that fateful […]
January 2007 started on a bad note in terms of politically-motivated violence and general abuse of state power by the army, police and state security agents. or example, it is alleged that in January 2007 state security agents guarding diamond fields in Manicaland unleashed a reign of terror, shooting and assaulting villagers arrested for illegal […]
The month of April was awash with political violations of human rights including 2 murders. The violations are linked to post election retribution that was occurring throughout the country. Fifty five displacements were recorded in the month, which exceeded the total number of displacements recorded from January to March. This contributed to the number of […]
The Parliamentary by-elections held in Kuwadzana and Highfield on 29 and 30 March 2003 resulted in organised violence and torture (OVT) within the two areas persisting as civilians, ZANU PF and MDC supporters reportedly descended on and victimised each other for allegedly voting for one political party and not another. Of the political parties in […]
