“Playing with fire”: Personal accounts of human rights abuses

In association with The Zimbabwe Institute Zimbabwe is on the eve of an election year: the nation is constitutionally bound to have general parliamentary elections before June 2005. Any interim agreement resulting from talks between the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) within […]

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Mon, March 15 2004 » Human rights, Impunity of the State, Justice system, Reports » No Comments

“We’ll make them run” : A report on post election violence in Zimbabwe, March to May 2002

Linear lesions spread all over the body were caused by beatings with sjamboks and a chain.

In association with Physicians for Human Rights, Denmark The Presidential election in Zimbabwe took place on 9th – 11th March 2002. In a process described by almost all international observers as “unfree and unfair”, President Robert Mugabe was announced the winner of the poll. Gross human rights violations were documented throughout the current election process, […]

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Tue, May 21 2002 » 2002, Election violence, Human rights, Impunity of the State, Reports » No Comments

The Presidential Election: 44 days to go

The Presidential Election:  44 days to go

In association with Physicians for Human Rights, Denmark The Presidential Election in Zimbabwe will take place on 9 and 10th March 2002.  During election campaigns over the last two years, violations of human and democratic rights have been well documented. Furthermore, attacks on the judiciary, the media and civil society have been consistently recorded over […]

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Thu, January 24 2002 » Election violence, Human rights, Impunity of the State, Reports » No Comments