UN experts urge President of Zimbabwe to reject bill restricting civic space

GENEVA – UN experts* today urged Zimbabwe’s President to reject enacting a bill that would severely restrict civic space and the right to freedom of association...

President Mnangagwa must reject proposed new law that threatens rights and civic space

Responding to the Senate’s passing of the Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Amendment Bill, which now awaits...

Govt ordered to prosecute police officers who brutalised WOZA members

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​​​Write for Rights: World’s biggest human rights event returns for Human Rights Day 2022

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ZRP ordered to compensate torture victim

A ZIMBABWEAN court has ordered Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to pay ZWL400 000 as compensation to a...

Mnangagwa to launch Gukurahundi consultative process

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Conviction of author Tsitsi Dangarembga and Barnes for protesting economic hardship a travesty of justice

Responding to news that Zimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga and fellow protester Julie Barnes were...

Hanzi hauls ZPCS to court over Sikhala prison visit ban

HUMAN rights lawyer Roselyn Hanzi has asked the High Court to stop Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services...

Zim court ends septuagenarian’s agony bizarre traditional custom

A NYANGA Magistrate has ended the agony of a 76 year-old man by outlawing the imposition of...

‘I have been arrested for praying for my country’: Clerics, activists arrested at a prayer meeting

About 35 people including pastors and activists who had attended a prayer meeting in Harare on...

Zimbabwe’s court raises age of consent for sex to 18 years

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the legal age of consent for sex...

Negligent ZRP pays the price for tear-gassing woman

ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has paid more than ZWL140 000 as compensation to a Harare woman who...

ZLHR challenges summary expulsion of minor from school

ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has asked authorities at Rugare Primary School in Harare to immediately...

PVO Bill meant to silence CSOs

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