Submissions by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and Defence

The Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11:17] (hereinafter referred to as “POSA”), promulgated in 2002, has severely curtailed the right to free assembly that is articulated in various established human rights instruments to which Zimbabwe is, of its own free will, a State Party. These include the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), amongst others.

3 March 2010                                                                  

ZIMRIGHTS/ZLHR CONCERNED ABOUT RISING THREATS, HARRASSMENT AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, URGES HOME AFFAIRS MINISTERS AND POLICE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL TO GUARANTEE THEIR SAFETY

HARARE-Despite what was thought to be the dawn of a new era for human rights defenders with the formation of a Government of National Unity, the last three months have seen an escalation in the number of threats, intimidation and harassment levelled against members of civil society.

01 March 2010
Information Alert

MANYERE SEIZED AGAIN

Prison guards from the Zimbabwe Prison Service (ZPS) on Monday 1 March 2010 seized and detained freelance photo-journalist journalist Andrison Manyere and handed him over to the police for allegedly taking pictures of some alleged coup plotters without seeking the permission of ZPS Commissioner Paradzai Zimondi outside the Harare Rotten Row Magistrates Court.