'Stop criminalising human rights defenders'

HUMAN rights defenders have been under siege in the Sadc region amid calls for governments to respect the law, democracy and rights.The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) ...

Mnangagwa's govt running scared: CSOs

CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday said government's move to introduce the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill was motivated by the desire to clamp down on human rights def...

Sikhala whisked away in a facial mask

MDC vice chair Job Sikhala Wednesday failed to appear at the Harare magistrates' court as announced before amid confusion on whether he should be tried in Harare where he lives or in Masvingo where he...

Lawyers march against army killings

Zimbabwean Lawyers on Tuesday are going to march against the abuse of human rights being perpetrated by state agents and the abuse of rule of law taking place in the courts.Dubbed #MarchForJus...

SAHRDN condemns arbitrary arrests and wanton killings of peaceful protesters in DRC

THE Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) (a coalition of Southern African human rights defenders organisations), has called on the DRC authorities to respect the right to life, secu...

SAHRDN condemns arbitrary arrests and detention in Tanzania

THE Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) calls on Tanzanian authorities to drop charges against 13 people including some lawyers who were detained this week after Tanzanian law enfo...

SAHRDN condemns barbaric shooting and persecution of journalist in Lesotho

THE Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN), a coalition of Southern African HRDs organisations, has expressed outrage and sadness over the attack on Lloyd Mutungamiri, the Editor of T...

Zimbabwean editor shot in Lesotho

Zimbabwe veteran journalist, Lloyd Mutungamiri, was shot and seriously wounded in Lesotho on Saturday night after being interrogated by police on a story his publication ran.An alert by th...