Search / Amnesty international
Zimbabwe scores badly on questionable global rights index
Zimbabwe continues to slide deeper into repression and deprivation, with a damning new report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) revealing widespread violations of civil, political, and...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala to launch a book
Zimbabwean opposition stalwart and human rights defender Job Sikhala is set to launch his much-anticipated autobiography titled Footprints in the Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala on 27 June 2025,...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 21:35hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
What value systems, dignity and integrity does Mnangagwa know? Stuff and nonsense!
In Shona, I would have said: Ndiko kunonzi kujairira Vahnu uku! This man can just open his mouth wotanga kubukura, ogo bukura ogo bukura! A Portuguese adage says: even a small ass can do it if a stoma...Published: 29 May 2025 at 21:32hrs | 775 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe can reinstate death penalty during a state of emergency
Zimbabwe's recent decision to abolish the death penalty has been hailed as a significant milestone for human rights. However, a provision in the new Death Penalty Abolition Act allowing for the reinst...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 14:39hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa who once faced the death penalty now set to abolish it
Zimbabwe's Senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, a key step in scrapping a law last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago.Zimbabwe's Parliament said Thursd...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:44hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets praise on death penalty stance
Zimbabwe has voted in favour of a United Nations (UN) resolution calling for the global abolition of the death penalty, further demonstrating the country's commitment to limiting the use of capital pu...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:16hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in fear amid Mozambique's post-election violence
Zimbabweans living along the border with Mozambique are growing increasingly fearful as post-election violence continues to spread across the neighboring country. Protests have erupted following Mozam...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:18hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International Zimbabwe’s Godfrey Nyoni elected to Global Amnesty Board
Amnesty International Zimbabwe is celebrating a significant milestone as its Chairperson, Godfrey Nyoni, has been elected to the Amnesty International Board, a prestigious position within the global h...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 20:29hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Foreign funded CSOs rail at govt over PVOs Bill
The government has faced intense criticism for fast-tracking the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, bypassing key input from Zimbabwe's civil society organisations (C...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Sadc meets over Mozambique post-poll crisis
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is set to convene an extraordinary summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, from November 16 to 20, 2024, to discuss political developments in the region, includin...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
'PVO Bill will clean up Zimbabwe civic space,' says Ziyambi
The Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill successfully passed through the Senate on Thursday, moving a step closer to becoming law. The bill, which has stirred controversy, was read for...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 21:03hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
The curse of diamonds: How Zimbabwe's wealth is failing its people
I was listening this morning as the Minister of Mines, Winston Chitando, boasted over Zimbabwe's increasing diamond production. Indeed, Zimbabwe's diamond industry has long been touted as a be...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 15:09hrs | 962 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdow...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 1131 | by Nkosi Moyo
US funded NGOs blame SADC
Ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit scheduled for August 17, 2024, in Harare, Zimbabwe, there have been increasing concerns about human rights violations. ...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:39hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International worries over jailed CCC 78
Amnesty International (AI) has called for a thorough investigation into allegations that 78 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists were tortured after their arrest at Jameson Timba's house in H...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:16hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala returns to Zimbabwe amid threats to his life
Outspoken opposition figure and Vice-Chairman of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Job Sikhala, is set to return home today after a four-month absence abroad. His impending return was confirmed by re...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Parliament to investigate Zimbabwe's stateless crisis
Parliament in Zimbabwe has initiated an investigation into the issue of undocumented individuals in the country following criticism from Amnesty International. Amnesty International raised con...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt dismisses 'statelessness' report
The Zimbabwean government has strongly criticized an Amnesty International report that highlights the marginalization of migrant workers and their families due to the country's discriminatory and arbi...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Dzamara family cry for closure'
AMNESTY International (AI) has called on the government to come clean on the whereabouts of pro-democracy activist and journalist, Itai Dzamara, who was abducted by alleged State security agents and d...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons fail to correct behaviour
Top lawyer Tererai Mafukidze has said the continuity of criminal activities across Zimbabwe's provinces was a reflection of how the country's prisons have failed to rehabilitate prisoners.He a...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP hails abolition of death penalty
The Citizens Coalition for Change legislator for Dzivarasekwa Edwin Mushoriwa has applauded Cabinet for approving the abolition of the death penalty after he successfully raised a motion for the scrap...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Cabinet's move to abolish death penalty marks progress
LONDON - Responding to a move by Zimbabwe's cabinet to back abolition of the death penalty, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said:...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 22:13hrs | 3 | by APO
Madagascar urged to abolish castration law
Madagascar should abolish a new law which allows for the chemical and surgical castration of people convicted of raping minors as it was "cruel, inhuman and degrading", rights group Amnesty Internatio...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 17:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'Zimbabwe performs dismally on human rights'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked among the world's worst performers in terms of human freedom, the Human Freedom Index (HFI) has revealed.The country was ranked 153 out of 165 countries with analysts ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 18 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Voter apathy rocks Zimbabwe's by-elections
Zimbabwe held special elections on Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again.The opposition called ...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 18:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Police's cold blooded murder details
Police detectives allegedly tortured a robbery suspect to death and later pumped bullets into his body to conceal the evidence of torture.They later claimed that the suspect was gunned down af...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:39hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must smoke out wolves in sheep skin
BY their very nature, coalitions have never been an easy customer be-cause they are predicated upon regionalism and in this context regional-ism means tribalism, full stop. The recent so-calle...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:41hrs | 22 | by Martin Stobart
Harare declares state of emergency as cholera cases rise
Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, has officially declared a state of emergency in response to a cholera outbreak that has claimed numerous lives, with confirmed cases on the rise. Since the initia...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Authorities must investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:18hrs | 33 | by Amnesty International
Sikhala's detention a 'gross miscarriage of justice'
Amnesty International has strongly criticized the prolonged pretrial detention of Job Sikhala, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), labeling it a significant miscarriage of justice and...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole discharge bid flops
Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, prominent figures within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have been compelled to prepare their defense in a court of law. This decision follows the dismissal o...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 18:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa decries supporters' abductions, torture
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has strongly condemned the abduction and torture of his party members by unknown assailants, categorizing these acts as terrorism...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt rights record in tatters, says ZimRights
HUMAN rights violations in Zimbabwe seem to be tacitly glorified by government, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has said.ZimRights said this as the African continent commemor...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Patriot Act smuggles in death penalty'
There is growing concern that an amendment to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, also referred to as the Patriot Act, is attempting to reintroduce the death penalty through indirect means...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Govt using lawfare to cement power, says Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) has accused the government of Zimbabwe of using legal maneuvers to stifle dissent and maintain its grip on power without scrutiny. AI's executive director, Lucia Masuka, exp...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International refers Zimbabwe's rights abuses to AU
Amnesty International is urging the African Union (AU) to pressure the Zimbabwean government into upholding human rights. In their latest report titled "Zimbabwe: Human Rights Under Attack," which rev...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International issues a scathing evaluation of Mnangagwa's first term,
Amnesty International has issued a scathing evaluation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's initial term, characterizing it as a period marked by a severe crackdown on human rights and a failure to escap...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 19:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC claims that its supporters and activists are being attacked
A WAVE of post-election violence has been reported across Zimbabwe as the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) claims that its supporters and activists are being attacked.The violenc...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC supporters besiege murder site
MURDERED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter Tinashe Chitsunge's 27-year-old wife Dzidzisai broke down in tears as reality struck, her husband was now just a memory, another statistic on Zim...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe could plunge into 'total disaster'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa driving Zimbabwe into chaos, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF or death'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's August 23 chance
IT bears repeating that Zimbabwe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa need the August 23 general elections to pass off without incident, and more crucially, to pass a free and fair test.The later aspe...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 09:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Commute death sentence to prison terms'
A RECENT High Court ruling condemning Tapiwa Makore Senior and accomplice Tafadzwa Shamba to death for the brutal murder of then seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore Junior has once again revived debate on th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to hold elections under alarming human violations, claims Amnesty International
ZIMBABWE's July 2023 general election will be held under a five-year systematic, brutal crackdown on human rights, restrictions on political opposition gatherings, violent suppression of protests and ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Patriot Bill' threatens rights, freedoms, UK one is fine?
THE international community has criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for signing the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill into law.The Bill, commonly known as the Patriot B...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
