ZESN Report on the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections Table: 11 Incidents of harassment of civil society actors in 2013 Date Organisation Persons Involved Description of Events 6 July 2013 X1G Campaign Arrested for conducting a meeting without police clearance. Detained for two nights before being released. The case has yet to be resolved. 28 May ZESN 12 May Youth Agenda Trust Various individuals from organisations affiliated with the campaign Field officers of member organisation Six members 11 May Election Resource Centre Three volunteers; Executive Director 23 April Students Solidarity Trust Advocacy officer March Zimbabwe Peace Project Director 19 February ZESN headquarters All Staff 19 February ZESN Masvingo Offices Field Staff 11 February Zimbabwe Peace Project-offices, Harare COTRAD and NANGO National Youth Development Trust All Staff members Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) Director 11 February 6 February 14 January Field Officers Staff members Office raided and voter education material confiscated Conducting voter education without approval of ZEC. Detained for 12 hours then released Arrested for conducting voter education without the approval of ZEC Arrested for conducting voter education without ZEC approval; making a presentation on elections. Released without a charge Charged with operating an unregistered organisation, smuggling radio sets and mobile phones and illegal broadcasting. Police raided office looking for subversive material Police raided office looking for subversive material Police raided offices and confiscated radios and phones. Offices raided. Two employees detained Offices raided. Organisation accused of being in possession of subversive material and conducting illegal voter registration Arrested for conspiracy to commit voter registration fraud, forgery and falsehoods. In some ways the country’s main political parties have campaigned for the elections ever since the beginning of the GNU. Even the constitution-making process for much of its life became subject to horse-trading between the different parties. Each party tried to win the hearts and minds of the Zimbabwean voters using different platforms. 52 | P a g e