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January 16, 2025 News Release

Southern Africa: Growing Authoritarianism Threatens Rights

Attacks on Civic Space, Media Have Far-Reaching Implications

Riot police officers block a road
November 28, 2024 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Opposition Activists Freed After Five Months

But Politically Motivated Criminal Convictions Remain

Activists with the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party arrive at the Magistrates' courts in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 19, 2024.
August 9, 2024 Statement

Zimbabwe: End Massive Crackdown on Dissent Before SADC Summit

July 31, 2024 News Release

Zimbabwe: Opposition Activists Wrongfully Denied Bail

Respect Presumption of Innocence, Uphold Fair Trial Rights

Activists with the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party arrive at the Magistrates' courts in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 19, 2024.
July 10, 2024 News Release

Zimbabwe: Army Commander Threatens Election Integrity

Bar Security Force Engagement in Partisan Politics

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (3rd R) inspects the guard of honor at the country's 43rd Independence Day celebrations held in Mount Darwin, Mashonaland Central province, on April 18, 2023.
July 8, 2024 News Release

Zimbabwe: SADC Should Respond to Intensified Crackdown on Opponents

Respect Freedoms of Assembly and Association, End Repression of Critics

Opposition supporters protest outside a court, in Harare, Zimbabwe
May 28, 2024 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Courts Seek to Silence Rights Defender

Authorities ‘Weaponizing’ the Courts to Deter Activism

Police officers outside the Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 6, 2021.
March 29, 2024 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Marcos Orellana regarding toxics and gender

February 15, 2024 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Considers Abolishing Death Penalty

Parliament Should Amend Criminal Code, Protect Right to Life

Inmates walk past a prison guard at the Chikurubi maximum security prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 20, 2015.
January 30, 2024 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Freed After 595 Days Behind Bars

Prolonged, Abusive Detention Underscores Justice System Concerns

Zimbabwean opposition politician Job Sikhala enters the holding cells at the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe
December 12, 2023 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Court Frees Opposition Leader

Authorities Should Cease Malicious Prosecution of Opponents

Zimbabwe opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, speaks to the media in September 2020 after his release on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare.
November 15, 2023 Statement

Zimbabwe: Joint statement calling on authorities to investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists

November 3, 2023 Dispatches

Zimbabwe Opposition Parliament Member Allegedly Abducted, Tortured

Authorities Should Urgently, Impartially, and Transparently Investigate Attacks

Takudzwa Ngadziore (second from left) and other leaders of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) sing the national anthem during a campaign rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 20, 2023.
August 7, 2023 Statement

Zimbabwe: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

73rd Pre-Sessional Working Group

August 3, 2023 News Release

Zimbabwe: Repression, Violence Loom over August Election

Abusive Laws, Partisan Government Agencies Undermine Free, Fair Vote

A line of police with riot shields stand in front of protestors

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