Partisan distribution
of
food
aid
/
agricultural inputs
6
Traditional leaders & ZANU PF
Councillors
Politically motivated
rape
3
ZANU PF supporter
Attacks
on
Journalists
(incident involving
journalists
briefly
denied access to a
presser by the MDC
Alliance
at
the
Bronte)
5
Police and military officers
Total
274
NB: Figures reported here are estimates based on actual interventions and
confirmations by members of the Forum. Investigations are ongoing and the Forum
will give regular updates regarding the situation, status of the victims, and the cases
reported.
4.0 Summary of violations
a) Extra-Judicial Killings1 – Seven (7) people were shot dead by army
personnel following military deployment into the streets on the 1st of August.
The Forum has been in touch with some of the families. Only one family of
the deceased received monetary support to the amount of $1000 from the
Civil Protection Unit. The Forum could not confirm if other families managed to
receive anything. The families stated that they experienced problems in
collecting bodies of their loved ones as hospitals tried to force them to accept
documents that indicated knife stabbing. The table below is a summary of
the documented extra-judicial killings. More information is still being verified
as to the circumstances of the other two (2) deceased. NB: Six(6) of these
deaths have been confirmed by the police in its official statements.2
Table 2: Extra-Judicial Killings 2018
1
Extrajudicial executions are unlawful and deliberate killings, carried out by order of a government
or with its complicity or acquiescence. It includes killings by officers performing law enforcement
functions but involving a disproportionate use of force to any threat posed, see Principles on the
Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions,
Recommended by Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/65 of 24 May 1989 1,
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/executions.pdf, Principle 1.
2
http://www.zbc.co.zw/breaking-news-death-toll-from-harare-violence-rises/
5