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General increase in human rights violations- ZPP
05 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported that during the month of April there has been a general increase in the total human rights violations in the country with 123 cases being reported in April up from March's 112.
ZPP said the month under focus had 798 victims altogether.
"Of these victims, those affiliated to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) stood at 3.4 % which translates to 27 people while those affiliated to Zanu PF are 19," reported ZPP.
"A total of 798 victims and 188 perpetrators were recorded. 62.2 % of the victims were male while 37.8 % were females. 87.6% of the perpetrators were male while 12.4 % were female. 146 perpetrators were affiliated to the ruling Zanu PF party which is 77.7 % of the figure. Only one of the perpetrators could not be established which party they were affiliated to."
ZPP said 18 perpetrators were police officers while 7 of the perpetrators were Central Intelligence Organisation operatives and 14 perpetrators were from the MDC-T.
"There was a drastic decrease in the number of unknown perpetrators this month," said ZPP.
ZPP said the month under focus had 798 victims altogether.
"Of these victims, those affiliated to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) stood at 3.4 % which translates to 27 people while those affiliated to Zanu PF are 19," reported ZPP.
ZPP said 18 perpetrators were police officers while 7 of the perpetrators were Central Intelligence Organisation operatives and 14 perpetrators were from the MDC-T.
"There was a drastic decrease in the number of unknown perpetrators this month," said ZPP.
Source - Byo24News
