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Zimbabwe urged not to use torture investigative method
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed grave concern over ongoing allegations of torture by law enforcement agencies and private individuals, calling for the adoption of professiona...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:34hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi whitewashing hearings begin
PUBLIC hearings to document and resolve civil disturbances that transpired in some parts of the country in the 1980s are set to begin early next year, marking the commencement of a historically signif...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mamombe and Chimbiri acquitted
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Joana Mamombe and fellow party activist Cecilia Chimbiri heaved a sigh after the High Court found them not guilty of faking their 2020 abduction.Th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 17:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to address past human rights violations
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has urged government to address past human rights violations including Gukurahundi to ensure harmony among communities.This came out dur...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has ignored calls to stop torture'
ZIMBABWE has adopted only 127 out of 264 recommendations made during the third cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process on January 26 and ignored recommendations on torture and other hum...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe summoned to trial for 'unnecessary movement'
POLICE have summoned MDC Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe to stand trial for allegedly violating a government ban on unnecessary movement during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations Apr...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe trial date set
HARARE West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance)'s trial for breaching the national lockdown regulations will commence on November 24.Mamombe faces charges of contravening section 4(1)(a) o...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare businesses count losses after crackdown
Harare businesses were left counting their losses on Friday after a violent crackdown by police on opposition supporters left the city centre deserted.The majority of businesses did not open a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police cells; chambers of torture
WHEN a suspected thief, on a bad day, is caught by ordinary citizens, it is common that the person will be beaten and sometimes left-for-dead.The public reaction speaks to lack of knowledge th...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's stamp out fear of witchcraft
Whenever some calamity befalls us; illness, catching an infectious disease, an accident and injury, a bankruptcy in business, a failed examination, a failed marriage - we want to know what caused it i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
MDC statement on victims of torture
Following the UN General Assembly Resolution 52/149, the Assembly proclaimed 26 June as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Torture is a crime under international la...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 21:15hrs | 1 | by MDC Youth Assembly
Human Rights petitions AU over Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has written to the African Union (AU) chairperson and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, demanding the regional body to urgently intervene and assist ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:41hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe NGOs fret over withdrawn funding
THE three local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), whose foreign funding was last week unilaterally cut by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) on allegations of gross mi...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR in solidarity with torture victims
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said it stands in solidarity with all victims and survivors of torture and calls on the government to take measures to ensure that all victims and survivor...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 09:37hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabwe prisons used as slaughter houses for Ndebele people'
MLO President, Cde Paul Siwela saw brutality and agony caused by fractured bones, broken limbs and untreated festering gun shot wounds when he was detained at Khami Maximum Security Prison from 2011 t...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:53hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Heal Zimbabwe prepared to protect victims of torture
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has said it is committed to protecting and assisting survivors of torture so that they are able to access justice and requisite social services.The remarks come amid report...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 12:53hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Diasporans petition UK over Mugabe rights abuses
Several of United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean women's rights activists last week petitioned the Zimbabwean embassy in London protesting against the violation of women's rights by President Robert Mugabe'...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
WOJA petition the British govt to intervene against on violence against women in Zim ahead of the 2018 Elections
London -15 September 2017- Tawananyasha Widows and Orphans Christian Organisation (TWOCO) U.K under the umbrella of, Women Of Justice Arise (WOJA) marched from the Zimbabwe embassy-London-to number 10...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 20:41hrs | 2 | by Kingstone Jambawo
ZLHR concerned over human rights violations
ON the occasion of the United Nations (UN)'s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) stands in solidarity with all those who have been victims, sur...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Torture persists in all regions of the world - UN
The United National has expressed concerns that despite absolute prohibitions of torture in the world under the international law, the torture still exist in all regions of the world.In a stat...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 12:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa says, 'torture of arrested persons forbidden'
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the torture of arrested persons is forbidden as the country is party to the international treaty against the practice.The VP was responding...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gay activist Peter Tatchell and Zimbabwean exiles to 'arrest' Mugabe for trial in London
The Zimbabwe Vigil and its sister organisation Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) will be staging mock citizens' arrests of Robert and Grace Mugabe, plus John Mangudya (Governor of the...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR concerned over cases of continuing state sponsored torture in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for human Rights has expressed concerns over continuing cases of state sponsored torture in the country."AS the rest of the world commemorates the International Day in Sup...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Rights lawyers condemn torture of innocent citizens by state
As Zimbabwe joined the world in celebrating International Day in support for victims of torture. the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have condemned the torture of innocent citizens in Zimabwe by...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Criminal abductors are never arrested in Zimbabwe - ZLHR
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has bemoaned failure by the state to arrest suspects in numerous cases of kidnapping or abduction of political and human rights activists even in cases...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T activists don't want coalition with Mujuru's People First
MDC-T activists yesterday said they do not want their party to enter into broad coalition talks with the People First (PF) project fronted by the likes of once feared former Zanu-PF secretary for adm...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
For frightened teen from Bulawayo, Canada became a beacon of hope
Dumo Siziba fled Zimbabwe at age 16, fearing for his life. Welcomed into Canada "with open arms," the now 30-year-old lawyer is working to pay it forward.Happy birthday, Dumo Siziba.Th...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Scott Simmie
British govt drugging of Zimbabwe deportees
HANDS cuffed, seat belt strapped and legs tightly bound together, a deported Zimbabwean is flown back from London to Harare International Airport on an economy-class ticket, courtesy of the British go...Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ban Torture in Zimbabwe
If fear of torture was an Olympic event, Zimbabwe would have a realistic chance of medalling. The flag would be raised with the red stripes signifying the blood of our fellows gracing the arena with n...Published: 20 Feb 2012 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
Title: The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of ZimbabweAuthor: Peter Godwin...Published: 30 Jan 2012 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Sigauke
HIV-positive Bulawayo man finds health and hope in Canada
Holy Moyo would most certainly have been dead a long time ago had Canada not offered him a place to call home.Three years ago, the 46-year-old HIV-positive man was accepted as a refugee from ...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 23:21hrs | | by Dan Toulgoet, Vancouver Courier
Mau Mau uprising: Kenyans win right to sue UK
Four elderly Kenyans won court approval yesterday to sue the British government over the brutality they claim they suffered at the hands of the British army during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising....Published: 22 Jul 2011 at 06:32hrs | | by AFP
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