The month of October witnessed an increase in cases of arbitrary arrests and detention. This followed the arrest and detention of 42 members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) following their attempt to organize a demonstration against the government’s increase of the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax from 5 cents (5%) per transaction to [...]
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Zimbabwe Human Rights, Rule of Law and Democracy 2013 Annual Report
The overall aim of this report is to give you both a broad policy picture and a detailed inventory of events relating to human rights, rule of law and democracy ...
The Commission of Inquiry Must Ensure the Urgent Protection of All Witnesses
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) condemns the arrest and detention of Mthwakazi activists, Mayo Ncube, Welcome Moyo, Marshal Sibanda and Wisdom Mkwananzi. Wisdom Mkwananzi was arrested for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa while testifying before The Commission of Inquiry chaired by former President of South Africa Mr. Kgalema Motlanthe (the Commission). The [...]
Statement to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights under Agenda Item 4e (24 October-13 November 2018)
Statement on the Overall Human Rights Situation in Zimbabwe Honorable Chairperson, Commissioners, the Secretary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; Heads of Government; civil society representatives; invited guests, ladies and gentlemen. All protocol observed. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), representing civil society organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe, welcomes this opportunity [...]
RIGHTS BEHIND BARS A 2018 Study of Prison Conditions In Zimbabwe
The rights of persons deprived of their liberty are both explicitly and implicitly provided for in various international and regional instruments.1 Of the various regional and international treaties, Zimbabwe has signed, ratified or acceded to the ICCPR, CEDAW, ICESCR, CRC, CRPD, ACHPR, AWP and the ACRWC. The signing of a human rights instrument does not [...]