The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) consistently monitors the human rights environment in Zimbabwe and analyses trends, as part of its mandate to safeguard all human rights of all people coordinating the human rights agenda in Zimbabwe. Through its members, the Forum collates and verifies human rights infractions and designs advocacy strategies to promote and protect all human rights of all people in Zimbabwe. For the 2023 election season, the Forum issued weekly monitoring and documentation exercise of the pre-electoral from 31 May 2023 (the day that President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date) to 13 August 2023. From 14 August 2023, the Forum issued Daily Human Rights Monitoring Reports until 22 August 2023. On election day, the Forum will provide hourly updates on electoral-related human rights violations.

This report captures human rights developments on Days 7 and 8 (20 August and 21 August 2023) of the daily human rights monitoring reports.

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