The year 2008 began with high hopes for a more free and fair election in Zimbabwe, and with the accompanying possibilities of this opening up sufficient space for the nation to begin to redress its one hundred years of state violence and impunity. However, the year is heading into its final weeks with little to […]
Thu, January 15 2009 » Essays, Transitional justice » No Comments
Five years ago this June, parliamentary elections were held in Zimbabwe. Both the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU (PF)) and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) fielded candidates in all of the 120 constituencies. When the results were announced, ZANU (PF) was declared the winner of sixty-two of the constituencies, […]
Tue, March 15 2005 » Human rights, Impunity of the State, Justice system, Reports » No Comments
The last four years have seen a relentless clampdown on all those who are perceived as opposing the ruling party, ZANU-PF. State repression has relied on key new pieces of legislation that give the state almost unlimited powers against its own people. It is two years since the most draconian act in Zimbabwe’s 24-year history […]
Thu, July 15 2004 » Human rights, Impunity of the State, Justice system, Reports » No Comments
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 […]
Mon, March 15 2004 » Human rights, Impunity of the State, Justice system, Reports » No Comments
