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Zimbabwe today told United States ambassador Brian Nichols to stop being antagonistic towards the government and use diplomatic channels to air any grievances he might have. Nichols has been accused of supporting anti-government activists who are pushing a regime change agenda through unsubstantiated narratives against Zimbabwe, including that the country was in the midst of ....
Amnesty International (AI) says the human rights situation in Zimbabwe last year continued to deteriorate, with the government demonstrating hostility to human rights defenders, protesters, political activists and journalists. In its 2021 Human Rights Report released today, AI said, “They were. ....
Anadolu Agency AS THE world comes together to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on Monday, Zimbabwean scribes say they have little to celebrate. They said that continued arrests and intimidation, even after the African country gained independence 41-years ago are more baffling. “Zimbabwe has not fared well in as far as press freedom is concerned. Arrests of journalists, intimidation, and torture of journalists while conducting their work has continued even 41 years after independence,” Mlondolozi Ndlovu, President of the Young Journalists Association, told Anadolu Agency. In May last year, Zimbabwean journalist Samuel Takawira, 30, was arrested for interviewing hospitalised opposition activists who had protested against the government’s alleged failure to provide relief to the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown. ....
By Staff Reporter A LEADING human rights organisation, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, has raised strong concerns over the continuing rise in violations especially arbitrary arrests and torture mainly of opposition activists by law enforcement agents. This is contained in the Forum’s latest situational report for the period 6 to 23 April 2021. “The human rights terrain in the country continued to deteriorate with the arrest, conviction, and torture of dissenting voices, on seemingly frivolous charges being observed,” the reports noted. “It is disheartening to note the forced removal of Harare West Member of Parliament Joanna Mamombe from Parktown Hospital where she had been receiving treatment after her health condition deteriorated at Chikurubi (Female) Prison. ....