The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is acoalition of twenty-one human rights NGOsin Zimbabwe who while having their own objectives, are concerned with the level and nature of organized violence and torture in the country perpetrated mainly, though not exclusively, by state agents and...
Chasara villages in Hurungwe have mounted an urgent appeal with the Environment ministry seeking to stop Labenmon Investments, a Chinese entity from setting up a cement manufacturing plant in their area. The villagers who are represented by Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyers, Tinashe Chinopfukutwa and ...
South Africa also weighed in calling on its neighbour to ensure alignment of the Zimbabwe Humans Rights Council Act with the Paris Principles, and the Constitution and provide funding for the protection and promotion of human rights. But Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who represented Zimbabwe al...
Under this strategic driver, ZPP focuses on monitoring and documentation of human rights violations and works with 470 community based monitors. To influence policy reforms that address the needs of communities by 2024 The main activity under this strategic driver is lobby and advocacy. From the ...
Mutetwa’s friends said such experiences have toughened her and turned her into one of the most daring human rights advocates in Zimbabwe. “I have, even as a child, always been a firm believer in fairness and always strive to be even-handed in my dealings with everyone,” she told Anado...
Journalists who expose wrongdoing and show the horrific reality of conflict are human rights defenders, and attacks against them affect ... Japanese nuclear reactor that withstood 2011 earthquake restarts TOKYO - A Japanese nuclear reactor that withstood the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated...
Human rights lawyer Musa Kika filed an urgent High Court application on Tuesday seeking the arrest and jailing of Luke Malaba for contempt of court after showing up for work in defiance of a judgment blocking the extension of his tenure as Chief Justice. Kika wants Malaba locked up at the...
March 9 US sanctions Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa over human rights abuses The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the First Lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses. March 5 Load More The...
In both cases, the US cited human rights abuses and political repression as the reasons for imposing the sanctions. “The decision can only further erode trust and confidence in the relationship between Zimbabwe and the United States at a time when, more than ever, confidence-building measures ...
Dozens of MDC supporters, human rights activists, and reporters had disappeared; the MDC alleged that they had been abducted by ZANU-PF- and government-allied forces. International support for continued negotiations for the power-sharing government began to wane, with some critics calling for ...