Invasion of Privacy Intrusion into the personal life or private affairs of an individual without just cause. This may include public disclosure of private information that may be considered embarrassing. Outing An act of disclosing a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) person’s sexual orientation or gender identity without the individual’s consent. Police Harassment In this report, police harassment alludes to police misconduct that leads to miscarriage of justice which sometimes involves discrimination, denial of service, unfair arrest, interrogation, accusation and unlawful detention on unreasonable grounds. Threat In this report, this refers to a declaration of intent to cause harm or inflict punishment, where some form of action is promised, e.g. threats of assault, detention, being ‘outed’ etc. An analysis of the state of human rights violations against LGBTI persons in Zimbabwe (2011-2017) 8