Zimbabwe
Monday 22.3.2021 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Prominent journalist Chin’ono arrested and charged for tweet
journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, MDC alliance spokesperson, arrested and charged for “communicating falsehoods prejudicial to the state; Read more
Friday 30.10.2020 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Government adopts strategic measures to thwart protests by doctors
Amid escalating strikes and protests by health workers in the country in recent months, the government adopted controversial new measures which were seen by many as an attempt to muzzle the right to unionise Read more
Monday 24.8.2020 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Economic decline, crackdown on rights; Zimbabweans hanker for change through protests
Workers and civil servants sustain protest actions to call for better wages to cushion them from economic shocks; Hopewell Chin’ono, a prominent Zimbabwean journalist known for exposing government corruption arrested and charged; Read more
Thursday 21.11.2019 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Groups strike, protest, amid deteriorating economic conditions
Doctors in public hospitals down their tools as they go on strike to demand increased salaries, civil servants protest in Harare demanding salary increments amidst tough economic conditions, opposition group MDC's supporters violently dispersed in planned protest against deteriorating economic conditions Read more
Wednesday 3.7.2019 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Government intensifies crackdown following January 2019 protests
The government has intensified arrests of activists and opposition leaders accused of having being part of the January 2019 protests. Doctors and lawyers who assisted protesters threatened. Journalists harassed and threatened while covering a story at Harae hospital, activists arrested and detained while returning to the country at the airport
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Wednesday 16.1.2019 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Internet shutdown as security forces crackdown on protests: Protesters and citizens killed
protesters killed, internet shutdown as security forces violently disperse demonstrations against sharp fuel price hike Read more
Friday 19.10.2018 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Union protest banned, court outlaws broad restriction of protests
protest by ZCTU banned, meanwhile, the courts outlaw legal provision that allows indefinite banning of protests on the basis that this such a provision is open to abuse by authorities. Read more
Friday 10.8.2018 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Soldiers deployed in opposition protests: at least 6 people killed
Hopes for a new Zimbabwe were dashed with the subsequent post-election violence, including excessive violence by security forces during opposition protests on 1st August (see under Peaceful Assembly) and a subsequent crackdown on opposition members and supporters (see under Association). Read more
Thursday 19.4.2018 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Slow progress on reforms by new leadership ahead of elections
In the lead up to elections, progress on political and human rights reforms have been slow while civil society and journalists continue to face threats and attacks. Police continue to use excessive force to disperse protests. Read more
Friday 17.11.2017 Zimbabwe - Latest Developments -
Military takeover: civil society calls for peaceful, inclusive political transition
Several national and international civil society groups have called for a peaceful and constitutional resolution of the crisis and a return to a constitutional order. Read more
