Ø Assault Harassment/Intimidation Malicious Damage to property Kidnapping/abduction Total Right to personal integrity and human dignity Right to personal integrity and human dignity Property rights 4 3 1 Right to personal liberty 1 Harassment/Intimidation Disrupted political mtg Total Right to personal integrity and human dignity Harassment/Intimidation Discrimination Right to personal integrity and human dignity Right to food, aid and livelihood Preparations for by-elections took centre stage in Harare province. Most of the violence recorded in the month emanated from intra and inter party clashes as candidates jostled for party positions and tried to outwit one another in order to gain more votes from the electorate. Ø 2 March 2015- MDC-T supporters in Sunningdale marched to the party headquarters at Harvest House to submit a petition expressing their displeasure with MP Margaret Matienga. She is accused of not doing any development projects for the people in Sunningdale Ø 20 March 2015- Zanu PF supporters were in clashes at Dzivaresekwa shopping centre as they tried to outwit each other in the battle of who represents the party in the by elections. Harare 9 3 1 The province observed a decline in the cases of violations reported. The decline in politically motivated violations could be attributed partly to extremely high levels of poverty and hunger caused by drought in the province. People are spending most of their time scrounging for food. Civil and political rights violations recorded are mainly of discrimination, violation of freedoms of association and expression. speech Ø 16 March 2015- In Bubi, ward 20, Magetsini village LeeroyDube of Zanu PF allegedly threatened a preacher with unspecified action after accusing him of preaching unity of political parties at a church crusade. According to the perpetrator the preacher’s message was designed to make Zanu PF supporters desert their party. He then claimed that the preacher had forthwith been banned from giving prayers at gatherings or prayer meetings. 4 Mat North Mat Sout h 27 March 2015- In Chivi Central door to door campaigns were initiated allegedly for the sole purpose of fundraising for Independence Celebrations. 7 1 Zanu PF is in a drive to restructure its party structures in order to ensure that it gets rid of unwanted party elements. In the process party activists are forcing people to join 12