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Mugabe commissioned gukurahundi genocide reports 'have been lost'
Reports of two government commissions of inquiry into post-independence massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands "have been lost", the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it has...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 19:49hrs | 2386 | by ZimLive
MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
2017 military coup ghosts spooking Mnangagwa govt
THE wife of killed Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Peter Munetsi (pictured), who died in military detention during the November 2017 coup which ousted former president Robert Mugabe, Ross...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:55hrs | 3199 | by Staff reporter
Killed CIO boss' wife demands US$600 000
THE wife of killed Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Peter Munetsi (pictured), who died in military detention during the November 2017 coup which ousted former president Robert Mugabe, Ross...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | 4718 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers dump #ShutdownZimbabwe protestors
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have reportedly dumped accused persons who were arresting over the violent protests that rocked the country on January14.Opposition activist Jospha...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 09:24hrs | 5422 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cain Mathema, Hodzi risk jail term over contempt of court
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi now face a three-month jail term after they were convicted of contempt of court by the High Court.A Zimbabwe Lawyers fo...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Past Atrocities: Civil society calls for truth-seeking
Civil society organisations under the banner of the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) have called for genuine truth-seeking process to establish the truth about past atrocities and t...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's National Dialogue monopolised by a few'
Zimbabwe's national dialogue processes must deal with the problem that many Zimbabweans feel, and indeed are, alienated from the system economically, socially and politically, a leading academic has s...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:17hrs | 1390 | by Staff Reporter
Coltart speaks on racism against blacks in private schools
Human Rights lawyer Doug Coltart has condemned what he termed ‘institutional racism' which he said is being practised in some private schools. Recently Peterhouse Boys School conducted an Ex...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 10:57hrs | 2208 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Court frees 'Baba Jukwa'
A Harare magistrate has acquitted former Sunday Mail Editor Editor Kudzayi of contravening section 32 of Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act by possessing a camouflage umbrella.He was r...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 14:04hrs | 3203 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 August Killings: 30 accused persons released
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has announced that the court has released Harare residents who were accused of staging a post-election violent protest on August 1.The residents we...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:28hrs | 990 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt compensates brutality victim
GOVERNMENT has compensated activist Lynette Mudehwe $6 000 after she was brutally assaulted at the hands of law enforcement agents during a protest against former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's p...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:24hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Baba Jukwa's military regalia trial
Former Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi pleaded not guilty to charges of contravening section 32 of Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act through possessing a camouflage umbrella when he appeare...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 18:23hrs | 4260 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police face suit over protest killing
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, demanding compensation over a Chitungwiza man who was shot dead during the January fuel price hike protests....Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:34hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
State declines to prosecute man who dislikes Mnangagwa's face
THE case of a Maramba-PFungwe man facing charges of insulting or undermining the authority of the president failed to kickoff at the Murewa Magistrates' Courts, Tuesday after the State indicated it ha...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:49hrs | 4352 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 988 | by Human Rights Watch
Man arrested for disliking Mnangagwa's picture
A man was arrested after telling a man wearing a Zanu-PF T-Shirt he did not like an image of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Farai Gwanza, 32, is set to be charged with the offence of undermining...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:10hrs | 3730 | by ZimLive
Man arrested for hating Mnangagwa's picture
Farai Gwaza from Dindi village under Chief Chitsungo in Pfungwe, Mashonaland East province has been arrested for publicly saying he does not like President Emmerson Mnangagwa's picture. In a n...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 10:47hrs | 4806 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lawyers hike legal fees
THE cost of accessing justice has shot through the roof, pushing the service out of reach for the majority of the country's impoverished populace after the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) approved sharp...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's utterances have Mugabe's yesteryear echoes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent utterances that government would take unspecified action on lawyers providing free legal advice and doctors voluntarily attending to victims of last month's viole...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:11hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Youths blast lawyers for representing protestors
ZANU PF Youth League Mashonaland West Province has condemned the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and Doctors for Human Rights for assisting the victims of the state crackdown on citizens with medica...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:31hrs | 3754 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Justice Malaba instructed magistrates to deny protestors bail' Jonathan Moyo alleges
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that Chief Justice Luke Malaba instructed magistrates to deny bail to persons accused of taking part in the violent protests that...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 09:52hrs | 6605 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Two Harare protestors jailed for 30 months
Harare Magistrate Victoria Mashamba on Monday sentenced two residents Shadreck Asani Daniel Shingirayi to serve 30 months in prison and suspended 12 months.The pair was convicted for committin...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:25hrs | 2511 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti to hear his fate on 18 February
Harare Magistrate Gloria Takundwa on Monday announced that she will hand down her ruling on 18 February 2019 in a matter where MDC National Deputy Chairperson Tendai Biti is accused of contravening th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 1564 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Court acquits first batch of protesters
Seven people have been acquitted of committing public violence crimes during anti-government protests.The six Chinhoyi residents, namely: Obey Zirota aged 37 years, Simbarashe Mubaira Kuenda, ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:12hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers divided over onslaught on Judiciary
The fallout in the legal fraternity continues as a handful of lawyers embarked on a march dubbed #MarchForJustice yesterday, confirming revelations by The Herald on Monday that shadowy forces had rope...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:51hrs | 5814 | by Staff reporter
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...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1663 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi memories ignited
For years, Bulawayo residents have been known to be easy-going when it comes to nationwide anti-government protests compared to Harare, which has somewhat emerged as the citadel in expressing grievanc...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was right in shutting down the internet
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took the government to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter was closed...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:52hrs | 3036 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Evan Mawarire likely to be released on Tuesday
The lawyer representing #ThisFlag Leader Pastor Evan Mawarire has announced that the State has consented to the granting of bail to his client.Said the lawyer, "The state was alleging that the...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:00hrs | 1686 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: The real truth about Beatrice Mtetwa
Award winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has published a documentary that traces the life of human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa.The documentary traces her life from her countrywide of...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 12:33hrs | 4839 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beatings by soldiers continuing unabated
Rights lawyers yesterday accused the military and police of savagely assaulting 28 people who were receiving treatment in hospital after suffering severe injuries in previous beatings - before going o...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:45hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
28 arrested in police raid at 'safe house'
ABOUT 28 victims of torture by State security agents were on Monday morning arrested from a safe house in Harare from where they were receiving treatment and are today expected to appear in court for ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:20hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Police raid, arrest injured people at hospital
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has reported that members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police stormed a Harare hospital and arrested 28 visibly injured person who are accused of participati...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 12:09hrs | 6233 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MNOs restore full Internet services
THE High Court in Harare yesterday ruled that National Security Minister Owen Ncube had no authority to order a shutdown of Internet services. Service providers immediately restored services. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:04hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court to rule on Internet suit
THE High Court in Harare will today rule on the legality of the Government's directive to mobile network operators to shut down all internet operations in the country during last week's violent demons...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over Internet blackout
Two civic society organisations have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court following a government decision to completely shut down the Internet twice in a week, following a three-day ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:56hrs | 7932 | by Staff reporter
Rights lawyers challenge Zimbabwe internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), in conjunction with the Media Institute of Southern Africa-Zimbabwe chapter (Misa-Zimbabwe), has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel all the ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 3607 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Soldiers abduct civic society leader Rashid Mahiya's mother
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have revealed that members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces have abducted Chairperson Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition leader Rashid Mahiya's mother in a bid to force him t...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 17:23hrs | 7726 | by Mandla Ndlovu
VPN searches in Zimbabwe surge 1,560%
Zimbabweans are turning to VPNs to find a way around an apparent government internet shutdown, Zim Techreview reported. A...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 16:04hrs | 6311 | by Staff reporter
Rights group petition Switzerland President to ban Mnangagwa
A local rights group Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR Zimbabwe) has written to the President of Switzerland to bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa from entering Switzerland to attend the World Eco...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 14:50hrs | 4248 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Military door-to-door raids slammed
The Zimbabwe National Army and Zimbabwe Republic Police deployed heavily to contain anti-government protests, conducting door-to door-raids and brutally assaulting civilians in their homes, rights law...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:11hrs | 2182 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Evan Mawarire charged with treason
#ThisFlag leader Pastor Evan Mawarire who was arrested yesterday has been charged with Subverting a constitutional government (treason, in other words).He is charged under section 22 of the Cr...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 12:30hrs | 19062 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt should nip MDC, NGOs
The manner in which the violence rocking the nation is being handled by pro-opposition elements simply indicates an unparalleled determination to deliberately stir despondency in Zimbabwe and send neg...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:20hrs | 984 | by Jasper Hloka
Calls for diaspora protests at Zimbabwe embassies
Pro-democracy groups called on Zimbabweans in the diaspora to stage protests at the country's embassies after the Harare regime shut down the internet as it launched a crackdown against civilians....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 885 | by newzimbabwe.com
Students turned away over fees
Hundreds of students across the country have been turned away from school for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away.This comes after Primary and Secondar...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:17hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Police visit to CiZC a 'courtesy call'
In a surprising twist, the officer-in-charge at Milton Park Police Station has told Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition(CiZC)'s lawyers that plain-clothes police officers who visited CiZC offices on Thursday...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:16hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Woman sues police over shooting
A CHITUNGWIZA woman, who was shot by a police officer manning a roadblock along the Harare-Chitungwiza Road, is seeking over $17 000 compensation for injuries sustained.Loveness Chiriseri rece...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:58hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Police crush teachers' protest demo
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has alleged that police boss in Marondera Chief Superintendent Nenguwo has instructed his officers to block their protest march which moved fro...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 11:07hrs | 3866 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti relives court horror
MDC National Deputy Chairperson has opened up on how he felt when he underwent the recent gruelling court process that ended up seeing the court grantimng him back his passport and lessening of his ba...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 12:24hrs | 4340 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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