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7.1 The Legal Monitor
Most of the articles published in the Legal Monitor in 2014 covered issues
normally ignored or given peripheral treatment by the mainstream media.
Such media houses in turn re-published many of these stories, thereby
increasing ZLHR’s visibility and the reach of its information. Victims
of rights violations – particularly from marginalised and disadvantaged
communities– swamped the three ZLHR offices with requests for assistance
using information gathered from the Legal Monitor and other publicity of
ZLHR work in the media. A vigorous documentation and media campaign
against criminal defamation and insult laws paid off after key victories in the
Constitutional Court, using material collected from ZLHR, amongst others.
Above: Terry Mutsvanga of Coalition Against Corruption and Kennedy Masiye
of ZLHR launching a documentary film entitled Dhamu:Voices From A Tent.
The 30-minute documentary captures life at Chingwizi transit camp
as well as Tokwe Mukosi village
Information is power – some Chisumbanje villagers holding on to copies of
The Legal Monitor, ZLHR’s flagship newsletter
In 2014, ZLHR produced and participated in the broadcasting of four special
radio programmes in partnership with various community and commercial
radio stations, namely CORAH FM, Radio Dialogue, Radio VOP and
ZiFM. These included a 30-minute special documentary on the violation
of rights to health, shelter and education of internally displaced persons at
Chingwizi Transit Camp in Masvingo province.
The broadcast programmes focused on human rights content guaranteeing
economic, social and cultural rights and also sought to enhance knowledge of
the provisions of the new Constitution. This resulted in ZLHR opening new
avenues to reach out to communities by using alternative media platforms to
share human rights messages on a total of 1,200 audio Compact Discs and
some on DVDs including 200 copies of the documentary.
ZLHR Annual Report 2014
7.2 Production of DVDs and Audio CDs
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