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The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) expresses its outrage following the abduction and torture of Womberaishe Nhende and Sanele Mkhuhlane on Saturday 2 September2023. The Forum also expresses its indignation towards the arrest of human rights lawyers Douglas Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi that took place on 4 September 2023. Download the statement on the…

Highlights in this report Reports emerge of police officers being forced to vote for ZANU-PF via postal ballot ZRP justify the use of teargas to disperse opposition political party supporters at a rally High Court set to sit and address the urgency of application by CCC to compel ZEC to avail final voter’s…

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), which exists primarily to respond to and alleviate instances of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe, has noted an escalation in cases of politically motivated violence from mid-September to date. The cases range from arbitrary arrests, malicious damage to property, arson, threats/harassment/intimidation as well as assault and…

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum director Musa Kika has said Zimbabwe urgently needs democratic, not authoritarian consolidation to end the human rights abuses and violence that is rocking the country ahead of the 2023 polls. In his remarks on this year’s International Day of Democracy commemorated every year on 15 September, Kika said the promise…

On 14 June 2022, violence rocked Chitungwiza’s Nyatsime suburb as members of the opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), and the ruling party, Zimbabwe African National UnionPatriotic Front (ZANU-PF), clashed over the death of a CCC activist, Moreblessing Ali. The violence resulted in the destruction of homes, business premises, vehicles and other household property. Following…

Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are playing an increasingly important role as agents of development. The growth and expansion of NGOs across the globe is testament to their growing role in the development process. Effective partnerships between governments and NGOs are recognised as being crucial in accelerating sustainable development. The role of NGOs is even more important…

On 13 August 2020 the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network hosted a SADC CSOs engagement on the current human rights situation in Zimbabwe. This was on the sidelines of the 40th SADC Ordinary Summit.  SADC organisations, namely, the Human Rights Institute of South Africa (South Africa), Center for Democracy and Development…

  Zimbabwe COVID-19 Lockdown Monitoring Report 31 March 2020 – Day 2 1.0       Introduction On day 2 of the National Lockdown announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 27 March 2020 followed by the gazetting of SI 83 of 2020 Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) on 28 March 2020, the Forum Secretariat…