Zimbabwe
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The Right to Protest: Webinar examines Global Reflections on the ACHPR Decision in the WOZA v. Zimbabwe Case
Tags Share Across the world, authoritarian regimes have limited full enjoyment of the right to protest. These governments make it difficult to organize protests, create disproportionate responsibilities for protest organizers, and essentially criminalize protests. It’s that difficult reality examined Wednesday, particularly in light of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’s recent decision, during…
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Q&A and Analysis: WOZA V. Zimbabwe
Tags Share In November 2022, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a positive decision in Communication 446/13 between Jennifer Williams, Magodonga Mahlangu, and Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and the Republic of Zimbabwe. Finding that the government of Zimbabwe violated the Complainants’ rights to freedom of association, assembly, and expression and their…
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Zimbabwe: Repeal the “Patriotic Act” to Respect Fundamental Human Rights
Tags Share The undersigned organizations express our grave concerns with the recent introduction of “patriotic” offenses in Zimbabwe. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act, 2023 (the so-called “Patriotic Act”), enacted on July 14, 2023, introduced overly broad and draconian offenses of “[wilfully] injuring the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe”. The provisions amount…
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African Commission Found that Zimbabwe Violated Fundamental Freedoms: Zimbabwe Must Immediately Implement the Commission’s Decision and Guarantee Better Human Rights Protection
Tags Share January 5, 2023 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights recently issued a positive and precedent-setting decision in Communication 446/13 between Jennifer Williams, Magodonga Mahlangu, and Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and the Republic of Zimbabwe (“the WOZA case”). Finding that the government of Zimbabwe violated the applicants’ rights to freedom of…
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Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa-led Government Must Stop Targeting and Stigmatizing Civil Society Organizations
Tags Share As leading human rights and legal aid organizations, we urge the government of Zimbabwe to desist from targeting and negatively profiling civil society organizations, which provide invaluable services to the people of Zimbabwe and play a vital role in ensuring good governance in the country. All persons have a right to freedom of…
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Zimbabwe Must Withdraw the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill
Tags Share March 2, 2022 Zimbabwean authorities should immediately withdraw the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, which was gazetted on 5 November 2021 and announced in Parliament earlier this month. Public hearings on the PVO Amendment Bill have begun this week and are ongoing. If passed into law, the PVO Amendment would provide the…
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Zimbabwean Government Must Stop Interfering With NGO Operations
This directive is a disturbing development that takes place against the backdrop of a broader crackdown on civic space in Zimbabwe.
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Violent Crackdown on Protests in Zimbabwe
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights expresses its deep concern at the recent crackdown on protests in Zimbabwe. We urgently join the calls by Zimbabwean civil society for the authorities to refrain from further violence, immediately release and cease prosecutions of those who have been arbitrarily detained, and commit to maintaining open access to…
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Undaunted, WOZA Fights For Women’s Rights
Jenni Williams, Magodonga Mahlangu, and Women of Zimbabwe Arise contend with constant arbitrary detentions and violence.
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