The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) joins today the rest of Africa in commemorating Africa Human Rights Day under the theme “African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women”. Thirty years ago, on 21 October 1986 the African...
The Zimbabwe human rights situation remains unstable, characterised by an escalation of organised violence and torture in a delicate social, political and economic environment. The month of July witnessed a spike in rights violations emanating mainly from police brutality as a result of demonstrations and...
Zimbabwe witnessed social unrest reminiscent of the 1998 food riots between June and September 2016, characterised by a wave of demonstrations, protests, stayaways, and a national shutdown across all major cities and towns. The social unrest emanated from unresolved national grievances over corruption and the...