8.6 Police Harassment and Detention Displacement 4% TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF VIOLATIONS Blackmail 13% Intersex 0% Bi-Sexual 0% Threat 15% Detention 7% Police Harrassment 8% 2017 Mixed 8% Assault 18% Discrimination 7% Police Harrassment Police Harrassment Unfair Labour Practice 2% Hate Speech 1% Lesbian 23% Transgender 15% 2016 2015 2013 Disownment 7% Gay 54% 2012 Invasion of Privacy 7% Outed 11% Police Harrassment 2014 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 The highest number of police harassment and detention cases were recorded in the 2012-13 violations reports totaling 25. Police harassment generally resulted from LGBTI persons having participated in a public event and subsequently identified by either law enforcement agents or being familiar members of the public. Police harassment experienced by most LGBTI persons, ranged from being denied service on the basis of sexual orientation, (illegal) detention, interrogation and assault. Displacement 4% TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF VIOLATIONS Blackmail 13% Detention Unfair Labour Practice 2% Hate Speech 1% 2017 2016 Assault 18% Transgender 25% Discrimination 7% Bi-Sexual 0% Threat 15% Detention 7% Police Harrassment 8% Disownment 7% Outed 11% Detention Intersex 0% Lesbian 33% 2015 Detention 2014 2013 Gay 42% Invasion of Privacy 7% 2012 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 The 2012-13 violations report noted allegations that some police officers had publicly circulated the names of individuals who attended commemorations of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). This resulted in several LGBTI persons being targeted and receiving unwelcome visits from the police. Again in the 2013 report, a case was reported where an unidentified police officer based at Mabelreign Police station, had photo-copied and circulated a list of suspected LGBTI persons. The list had been compiled from 44 persons taken from GALZ offices in 2012 and briefly detained by the police. Zimbabwean law does not criminalise identification as an LGBTI person. In almost all cases where individuals are arrested and detained, there are usually alternative charges that are eventually laid or the individuals are released without charge. Successful prosecutions have been rare. An analysis of the state of human rights violations against LGBTI persons in Zimbabwe (2011-2017) 27