March 2008 Volume 20, No. 2(A) All Over Again Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections Glossary of Acronyms .............................................................................................. 1 I. Summary..............................................................................................................2 II. Methodology........................................................................................................5 III. Recommendations ............................................................................................. 6 To the Government of Zimbabwe ........................................................................ 6 To Opposition Parties..........................................................................................7 To the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ..............................................................7 To the Southern African Development Community ...............................................7 To Local and International Observers ................................................................. 8 IV. Background.........................................................................................................9 State-Sponsored Violence and Intimidation against Opposition Members and Human Rights Defenders in 2007 ...................................................................... 10 Failure of SADC Mediation Talks ........................................................................ 11 V. Electoral Institutions and the Legal Environment................................................ 13 VI. Political Violence and Intimidation in 2007 and 2008........................................ 16 Beating of Members of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe by ZANU-PF Supporters in February 2008............................................................................. 17 Intimidation and Violence by ZANU-PF Supporters against Teachers in 2007 and 2008................................................................................................................. 21 Police Involvement in Incidents of Intimidation and Violence against the Opposition, Students, and NGOs in 2008..........................................................22

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