The 2008 Harmonised Election in Zimbabwe was arguably the most historic of the post-independence elections, as for the first time in the last 28 years the ruling party lost its parliamentary majority and the President lost the first round of the Presidential election. This result represented the culmination of a decade of political and civic […]
Wed, May 21 2008 » Election violence, Human rights, Reports » No Comments
The violence of 11 March and the months following in Zimbabwe indicated increased levels of state repression against dissenting voices in the country. Against the background of an enormous erosion of the political legitimacy of the ruling party, and an economy in freefall, the state has responded with characteristic brutality and contempt for its citizenry. […]
Tue, July 10 2007 » Global Political Agreement, History, Human rights, Reports » No Comments
The Solidarity Peace Trust condemns the brutal assault on opposition forces and the arrests of more than 50 activists that took place on 11 March 2007, in the context of Zimbabwean police preventing a peaceful prayer meeting from being convened. The Trust condemns the killing of activist Gift Tandare by the police on 11 March. […]
Sat, March 24 2007 » Church commentators, Human rights, Reports » No Comments
“Policing the State” highlights the growth of police brutality in Zimbabwe since 2000, which has coincided with the rise of the democratic challenge to the State. During the 1990s, peaceful protest by the student movement and trades unions was tolerated to some degree, but after the forming of the Movement for Democratic Change and the […]
Thu, December 14 2006 » Human rights, Impunity of the State, Justice system, Reports » No Comments
Between 1991 and 2003, urban poverty trebled in Zimbabwe. It was against this background of escalating economic collapse and social disintegration that “Operation Murambatsvina” (OM), or “Discarding the Filth”, took place in mid 2005. In the space of a few weeks, 700,000 people lost their homes and/or livelihoods in a process that the UN has […]
Wed, August 30 2006 » Access to resources, Human rights, Operation Murambatsvina, Reports » No Comments
