Abuses against the public 25 Number of reports received 20 15 10 May 13 - May 26 5 May 27 - June 9 June 10 - June 23 June 24 - July 7 0 Rights violated Figure 8: Rights violations suffered by the public As indicated in the graph above, restriction of freedoms generally went on a downward trajectory over the reporting period. Some of the incidents include ZANU-PF youths who were reported to have gone door to door forcing residents of Zengeza West to attend a party meeting while in Ward 17, Chikanga-Dangamvura constituency, people were forced to attend ZANU-PF political meetings. These cases mar the political environment that has generally been noted to be relatively peaceful. 11 REPORT ON PRE-ELECTION POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ELECTORAL PROCESSES