Incidents observed directed against Political Parties Hate speech directed against party members Party being prevented from campaigning Violence against party members Threats against party members Harassment of party members Tearing down of party posters/materials Destruction of party property 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Number of reports received Figure 5: Rights violations against political parties The most common of these violations was the defacing of campaign posters belonging to other candidates and hate speech against party members. Picture 1 below shows some posters that were torn in Sanyati. Torn Political Party Campaign Posters in Mashonaland West Province in Sanyati 7 REPORT ON PRE-ELECTION POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ELECTORAL PROCESSES