Monthly Political Violence Report, February 2001
Zimbabwe has been experiencing sustained political violence since February 2000. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum – the Human Rights Forum – has been documenting and reporting upon this violence throughout. The Human Rights Forum issued 8 reports during 2000, and these reports are available on the website indicated above. The Human Rights Forum has
Human Rights Monitor: Economic Rights and the Bikita West by-Election
This issue of the Human Rights Monitor deals with issues of the Bikita West by-election as well as “second-generation”economic rights within Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, as a signatory to the UDHR, is meant to provide certain rights to its citizens, including property rights, the realization of economic rights, the right to eat, the right to work and
Monthly Political Violence Report, January 2001
There has been politically motivated violence and ongoing intimidation in Bikita West since the beginning of January. Evidence suggests that this violence, which has mainly implicated ZANU (PF) and its supporters, was apparently meant to intimidate people into voting for the party. It was allegedly also meant to instil such fear in the electorate that
Human Rights and Zimbabwe's June 2000 Election
This is the first in the series of Special Reports issued by the Research Unit of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. It displaced the original proposal to deal with gender and constitutional issues. This change was necessitated by the wave of lawlessness which resulted in massive human rights abuses during most of 2000. These