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
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- Mar 5, 2020
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
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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.
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- Mar 3, 2020
Constitution Watch 4 2019 Criminal Nuisance and the Right to Protest
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- Feb 18, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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What is criminal nuisance and how does it affect the right to demonstrate guaranteed by section 59 of the Constitution?
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- Jan 23, 2020
ZPP MMR June 2016
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- Jun 30, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
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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.
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- Apr 22, 2019
ZPP MMR July 2016
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- Jul 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
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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.
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- Apr 18, 2019
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