The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, a coalition of sixteen human rights NGOs, joins civil society leaders in condemning the brutal force used by the police in stopping a gathering sponsored by the Christian Alliance and the Save Zimbabwe Campaign in Harare on Sunday 11 March 2007. The banning of public meetings in certain areas […]
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Statement on the arrest and detention of members of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) on 22 October 2003
October 23, 2003 : Press releases
The arrest and detention by the police of Dr L. Madhuku and several members of the NCA on 22 October 2003 is the latest manifestation of the application and utilization of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) to stifle freedom of expression, association and movement in Zimbabwe. Members of the NCA were demonstrating peacefully […]
Statement by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on the Use of Torture by State Agents
January 23, 2003 : Press releases
The Board of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum condemns the increasing use of torture as a method of investigation and interrogation by state agents on persons in their custody. Several incidents of this barbaric behaviour have been reported of late; the most recent being the brutal torture of a human rights lawyer (a former […]
The Arrest of Dr. Frances Lovemore of Amani Trust
August 30, 2002 : Press releases
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum condemns in the strongest possible terms the palpably unprofessional manner in which the police have handled the investigations of the alleged breach of Section 15 of the Public Order and Security Act by Dr Frances Lovemore of Amani Trust. While acknowledging and respecting the commissioned duty of police to […]