13 April Denial of freedom to demonstrate & petition Riot police fired teargas canisters to disperse students at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU), who stormed the institution’s Mashava campus protesting against poor diet, unsafe drinking water, hiked tuition fees and withdrawal of WiFi facilities. It was reported that the students had been granted permission to demonstrate and petition though compass security and RIOT police brutally suppressed their demonstration with teargas. Unknown FIGURE 1: Distribution of Perpetrators by Violator Institution 1 January to 31 April 2018 ZANU-PF were the main perpetrators of violence, accounting for 69% of the violence, followed by traditional leaders at 15%, ZRP, accounted for 8% of the violence, the ZNA & Unknown at 3% and ZCDC accounted for 2%. 13

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