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Zimbabwe: Confiscation of documents carried by human rights lawyer Dzimbabwe Chimbga

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports that documents carried by human rights lawyer Dzimbabwe Chimbga were confiscated by security agents at Harare International Airport on 2 May 2008. Dzimbabwe Chimbga works with Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), a non-governmental organisation committed to upholding respect for the rule of law and the unimpeded administration of justice, free and fair elections, the free flow of information and the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms in Zimbabwe.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Raid on the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) and harassment of its staff members

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of a raid on the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) and of the home of Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, Director of the ZESN, on 25 April 2008. The ZESN is a group of thirty-eight non-governmental organisations which have come together to promote democratic processes in Zimbabwe.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Police raid office of election observers; staff in hiding

Amnesty International has just received information that at about 10am (local time), five police officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) raided the offices of the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Harare.  Read More

Zimbabwe: Arrest and detention of human rights defenders

Front Line is extremely concerned following reports of the arrest and detention of Issac Teveteve, Gweru Branch Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Reason Ngwenya, Ambrose Sibindi, Michael Kandukutu, Tenson Muchefa, Justice Mucheni, Elliot Muposhi, Willmore Makure and Tafara Tawengahama, members of the ZCTU, along with Magodonga Mahlangu, member of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), between 13 and 18 September 2007.  Read More

Women who oppose Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe suffer violence and repression, says new report by Amnesty International

Amnesty International claims that female demonstrators can be subjected to arbitrary arrest, beatings and in some cases torture in police custody. The human rights group, which interviewed dozens of activists, urged the country's authorities to "stamp out any discrimination against women". Zimbabwe is in the grip of a severe economic crisis. Shops are running out of even the most basic items and inflation is approaching 5,000%.  Read More

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