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Zimbabwe: Killing of human rights defender Elliot Machipisa

Front Line is deeply concerned following the killing of human rights defender Elliot Machipisa. Elliot Machipisa was a pro-democracy activist and an observer with the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN), a non-partisan, independent group of thirty-eight non-governmental organisations which have come together to promote democratic processes in Zimbabwe.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Government order to suspend operations of private voluntary organisations and including CARE International

Front Line is deeply concerned following information received concerning a government order to suspend the field operations of all private voluntary organisations (PVOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), dated 4 June 2008, and the suspension of CARE International's field activities in Zimbabwe, ordered by the authorities on 30 May 2008. CARE International is an independent aid agency committed to poverty alleviation and the promotion of sustainable development in the developing world.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Death threats against human rights defender Musaiona Shortgame

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that human rights defender Musaiona Shortgame has received death threats. Musaiona Shortgame is a Gutu Resident Magistrate who has recently presided over several cases of political violence. His car was also reportedly burnt outside his home on 21 April 2008.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Abduction and torture of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) staff members Charles Thole and James Mushayi

On 13 May 2008, Charles Thole and James Mushayi were reportedly abducted by ZANU PF supporters in Kotwa, Mudzi. They were held hostage and reportedly tortured at a ZANU PF base at the Muzezuru Primary School before being freed with the help of a lawyer and members of the police. MP elect for Mudzi North, Newten Kapecha, is suspected of having instigated the torture. He also reportedly confiscated the accreditation cards and ZESN t-shirts of eight other ZESN observers.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Confiscation of documents carried by human rights lawyer Dzimbabwe Chimbga

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that documents carried by human rights lawyer Dzimbabwe Chimbga were confiscated by security agents at Harare International Airport on 2 May 2008. Dzimbabwe Chimbga works with Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), a non-governmental organisation committed to upholding respect for the rule of law and the unimpeded administration of justice, free and fair elections, the free flow of information and the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms in Zimbabwe.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Raid on the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) and harassment of its staff members

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of a raid on the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) and of the home of Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, Director of the ZESN, on 25 April 2008. The ZESN is a group of thirty-eight non-governmental organisations which have come together to promote democratic processes in Zimbabwe.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Police raid office of election observers; staff in hiding

Amnesty International has just received information that at about 10am (local time), five police officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) raided the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Harare.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Arrest and detention of human rights defenders

Front Line is extremely concerned following reports of the arrest and detention of Issac Teveteve, Gweru Branch Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Reason Ngwenya, Ambrose Sibindi, Michael Kandukutu, Tenson Muchefa, Justice Mucheni, Elliot Muposhi, Willmore Makure and Tafara Tawengahama, members of the ZCTU, along with Magodonga Mahlangu, member of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), between 13 and 18 September 2007.  Read More

Women who oppose Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe suffer violence and repression, says new report by Amnesty International

Amnesty International claims that female demonstrators can be subjected to arbitrary arrest, beatings and in some cases torture in police custody. The human rights group, which interviewed dozens of activists, urged the country's authorities to "stamp out any discrimination against women". Zimbabwe is in the grip of a severe economic crisis. Shops are running out of even the most basic items and inflation is approaching 5,000%.  Read More

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