Ahead of SADC leaders’ meeting scheduled for the Mozambican capital of Maputo this weekend, HRW said the regional body should press the two countries to improve human rights conditions ahead of forthcoming elections.
“SADC should be mobilising now to ensure that resources are available for the monitoring of elections in Angola and Zimbabwe,” said Daniel Bekele, the HRW Africa director.
Angola will on August 31 hold its second parliamentary elections since the end of the decades-long civil war in 2002, but HRW said some key human rights concerns still remained unaddressed, including lack of impartiality of the National Election Commission, restrictions on the media, a climate of repression in Angola’s interior provinces, and increasing political violence and intimidation in the capital, Luanda.
“In Zimbabwe, the government’s failure to enact human rights reforms and continuing political repression has raised concerns about the national referendum on a new constitution in 2012 and possible elections in early 2013.”
Bekele said while the unity government had made some progress in carrying out certain elements of the Global Political Agreement, including the formation of a “road map” for steps to be taken in order for a free election to take place finalizing the constitution-making process, and appointing a new election commission, there had been little progress in addressing key human rights issues, including security sector reform, accountability for past abuses, and deterring politically motivated violence.
“In the past year, authorities aligned with ZANU-PF have intimidated, arbitrarily arrested, and beaten human rights defenders, journalists, and MDC officials and members. The Office of the Attorney General has shown a strong partisan bias toward ZANU-PF and has used criminal laws to prevent peaceful political activism by the opposition.
Minimal changes to repressive laws such as the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) had also failed to open up space for the political opposition.
“The ZANU-PF wing of the government continues to apply selectively these laws and others, such as the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, to intimidate and harass civil society activists and MDC supporters and members and disrupt their meetings. Key institutions vital to carrying out free and credible elections, such as the security forces and the judiciary, remain highly partisan toward ZANU-PF,” added the international human rights watchdog.
“SADC leaders need to maintain pressure on ZANU-PF to honor its commitment to reform. They should make it clear that there will be consequences if ZANU-PF fails to adhere to the terms of the election road map and the GPA.”
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