28 as Chisumbanje, Buhera, Hwange, Chiredzi and Kariba. Some of these cases included targeting of HRDs working with civil society organisations such as the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and National Association of Non Governmental Organisations. ZLHR Annual Report 2015 State v Machinda Marongwe and 5 Others On 22 September 2015, Machinda Marongwe from NANGO and other employees of Zimbabwe Peace Project and NGO Human Rights Forum Shastry Njeru, Dorothy Mudavanhu, Shamiso Makonde, Pascal Gonzo and Tendai Mautsa organised a peace tournament in Buhera in commemoration of the international day of Peace on 22 September 2015.When the soccer tournament was underway three central intelligence operatives in company of a police officer from Buhera Police station arrived at the sport venue and stopped the soccer tournament alleging that the event had not been cleared by police. The state agents confiscated financial documents and a concept note for the event from Dorothy Mudavanhu and directed the seven to go to Buhera Police station on allegations of convening a public meeting without notifying police. ZLHR lawyers attended at Buhera police station and successfully argued that the nature of the meeting convened by Marongwe and others was exempted from notifying the police as required by the Public Order and Security Act. They were released without a charge and police officers emphasised that they had not arrested them but only wanted to clarify whether they had complied with the law to notify the police. Provincial allocation of assisted HRDs 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Bulawayo Harare Manicaland Mash Central Mash East Mash West Masvingo Outcome of HRD cases 1 3 4 Released without a charge Not guilty 85 Guilty Fined Summons/Pending 242 103 Prosecution declines Charges withdrawn Finalised 174 Mat North Mat South Midlands