Commissions Watch 17 August 2019 ZHRC Press Statement on the Planned Demonstrations
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- Aug 17, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Riots
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The press statement was issued by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission on 15th August 2019 ahead of the mass demonstrations planned for 16th August.
Commissions Watch 17 August 2019 UN High Commissisoner for Human Rights on Zimbabwe Demonstrations
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- Aug 17, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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Statement by Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 16th August 2019 Demonstrations in Harare
Constitution Watch 4 2019 Criminal Nuisance and the Right to Protest
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- Feb 18, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Riots
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What is criminal nuisance and how does it affect the right to demonstrate guaranteed by section 59 of the Constitution?
Shutdown Atrocities Report 6 February 2019
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- Feb 6, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Riots
- Trauma
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The violations of human rights that started as the state’s response to mass protests on 14 January, 2019 following the increase in fuel prices immediately took a widespread systematic character, the dominant actors being the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and suspected ZANU-PF militia. The systematic and sustained nature of the violations raises fear that this is becoming a case of crimes against humanity.
‘OPEN FOR BUSINESS’, CLOSED FOR DISSENT CRACKDOWN IN ZIMBABWE DURING THE NATIONAL STAY-AWAY 14-16 JANUARY 2019
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- Jan 16, 2019
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
- Riots
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This briefing analyses events and the context, and documents key human rights concerns in months prior to, during and following the national stay-away protests which started on 14 January 2019 and ended on 16 January 2019. The findings are based on interviews with witnesses, victims, victims’ families, human rights defenders and activists, journalists, lawyers and Zimbabwean non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as desk-based research.
ZPP August MMR 2018
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- Aug 31, 2018
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- Elections
- Riots
- Trauma
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Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the elections
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18
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- Aug 1, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Elections
- Riots
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The report includes Findings and recommendations by the Commission following the 1 August 2018 events.
Statement Condemning Violence 2018
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- Aug 1, 2018
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- Elections
- Riots
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The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC/Commission) joins the nation and other peace loving Zimbabweans in condemning, in the strongest sense, the use of live ammunition and excessive force on unarmed protesting citizens by the army on 1 August 2018.
Zimbabwe political violence & elections
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- Apr 30, 2018
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- Elections
- Politics & Governance
- Riots
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This report focuses on how Zimbabwe has an unenviable reputation for being the most politically violent country in Southern Africa, certainly since the civil wars ended in Angola and Mozambique, and the independence of Namibia and South Africa.
ZPP March MMR 2017
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- Mar 31, 2017
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Riots
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These are various human rights violations in the month of March. Civic and political rights violations were recorded in both urban areas and rural areas. In urban areas the violations were mainly the denial of the right to freedom of assembly, expression and association.
ZPP MMR July 2016
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- Jul 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Riots
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Protests and protests against protests were recorded in the month of July 2016 in Beitbridge, Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. From July 1 Beitbridge residents and cross border shoppers went on massive demonstrations against the imposition of a ban on imported goods as stipulated in Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016; the protests turned violent resulting in the torching of a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority warehouse and 36 people were arrested.
ZPP MMR June 2016
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- Jun 30, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Riots
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In the month of June Zimbabwe witnessed an escalation in protests mostly driven by non political party actors. Some of the protesting groups included the Occupy Africa Unity Square movement which is a group of citizen activists founded by the disappeared Itai Dzamara in 2014.
What Happened to the Victims of the Food Riots 19–23 January 1998?
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- Jun 30, 2006
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- Riots
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This report provides a summary of the previous reports, with additional information obtained from an analysis of the completed court cases.
Consolidated report on food riots
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- Jan 19, 1998
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- Riots
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The report covers the areas identified by many political observers as being significantly related to the climate of discontent and discouragement felt by the Zimbabwean public at the time of the Food Riots. It also identifies the factors that observers felt were indicative of a crisis of governance in Zimbabwe. It talks about how Government-administered prices to meet Government's excessive spending requirements which triggered a resurgence in inflation, with analysts saying that inflation would round-off 1997 at above 20%.
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