Local rights campaign group, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on the government to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT). The forum's vice chairperson, Farisai Chaniwa, made the plea during her speech at the
Human Rights advocacy group the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has expressed concern over the current toxicity of local politics which it says is manifesting through systematic threats and intimidation targeted at opposition supporters. In its monthly monitoring report for September, ZPP called for the adoption of
Human rights pressure group, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says ordinary citizens bear the brunt of being politically motivated violence victims. In its February report, ZPP said it is concerning that law enforcement officers have adopted a one sided approach following the recent held Gokwe and
Controversial preacher and founder of Jesus Revelation Ministries, Apostle Talent Chiwenga has claimed that the horrific accident he was involved in early this week was calculated with the intention of killing him. A statement from his church confirmed the accident occurred on Monday evening along the
More than twenty families from Epworth’s Domboremaziso area have been left homeless after they were forced to demolish their homes to pave way for the construction of roads. The residents’ claim that they were not served with any notices and that the purported development was illegal. “Those
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has expressed great concern over continued cases of abductions and torture in the country. In a statement the umbrella body of civic society organisations said the abduction and torture were a sign of shrinking democratic space. “The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is
Members of the security force contributed more than 90% of human rights violations during the lockdown period a human rights lobby group has said. In a monthly report for April the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says harassment and intimidation topped the list. “Despite being deployed without proper
Since the Mnangagwa administration took office in Zimbabwe, expectations of a transformative approach to civil and human rights violations have dampened. Continuing waves of state violence are alleged to have conjoined with a shrinking of the democratic space. When President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in
CIVIL society organisations have called upon the government of Zimbabwe to ratify and domesticate the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections. This after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Charter on March 21, 2018, on the side-lines of the
Geneva – Civil society organisations from Zimbabwe are lobbying for an assessment of the country’s human rights status by the United Nations (UN)’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva in Switzerland. By ZimRights Information A delegation of civic groups comprised of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Zimbabwe
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