CONTENTS
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The Hard Road to Reform:
1. Introduction
2. The Ambiguities of the GPA
3. The MDCs and the GPA
4. SADC and the GPA
5. Conclusion and way forward
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II. Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe: 1 January to 31 March 2011
A. Closing of democratic space: fear of a revolution
1. ZANU PF ‐> the revolutionaries (and double standards)
2. Treason charges
3. Arbitrary arrests
4. Harassment of civil society organizations
5. Social media and censorship of expression
6. Increased levels of surveillance and informers
7. Conclusion
B. Political Violence
1. Distribution of the violence
2. Gender and age of victims
3. Prevalence and intensity of the violence
4. Contexts of the violence: Harare
i. Mbare, Epworth and Warren Park
ii. Targeting of party and civics regalia
iii. Maize slashing protests
iv. Protests against foreign businesses
v. Treason trialists
vi. Banning of rallies, meetings and marches
5. Violence in other areas
6. Perpetrators
i. MDC as perpetrators
7. Type of physical offences reported
8. Medical findings
9. Conclusion
C. Violations of the rights of the Dead
1. Mount Darwin exhumations
2. Attack on mourners at a memorial service, Harare, 6 Apri 2011
3. Minimal scientific standards for exhumation and analysis
of human remains
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