a facility in Harare on 21 January 2019. The 28 were later dumped on the streets by the police after spending the entire day at Harare Central police station without any charges preferred against them. • Mass arrests of groups of as big as 60, who would have been rounded by the police either from their homes of at market places; • Police arresting to investigate, instead on investigating first and then rearresting • Harassment and or targeting of relatives or friends to put pressure on those that the police want to arrest but cannot locate as a way to force those targeted to hand themselves over to the police. • The police made use of a database to arrest anyone who they would have profiled and arrested before in relation to political activity. As a result many opposition activists who had been arrested before, were also targeted and arrested, even if they were not at the scene of protests. 3.10 Obstruction of Movement Obstruction of movement was a nationwide violation of rights perpetrated at a grand scale making it difficult to quantify. There were many cases of obstruction of movement received for the period 14 January to 28 January, 2019. These were received from Harare, Chitungwiza, Bulawayo, Epworth, and Domboshava. During the first day of the protests, demonstrators blocked streets with boulders and burning tyres and in some instances directly threatened citizens with assault and damage to property. This restricted the freedom of movement for the general public. In the days that followed, ZRP and ZNA mounted roadblocks on major roads throughout the country. They also harassed people going about their business, in some locations in the high density suburbs of Harare and Bulawayo, Chitungwiza and Epworth. De facto curfews were established in most parts of these areas. 3.11 Attacks on Journalists There were 10 cases reported alleging attacks of journalists by army and police officers. It was reported that soldiers and police in riot gear detained and harassed 7 10