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Fostering A Culture of Human Rights in Zimbabwe
 
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Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) core objective is to foster a culture of human rights in Zimbabwe. ZLHR is 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 and the surrounding region. It frequently releases statements to the media to keep the public informed on human rights issues.

Below are some of our press releases please click on the more link to view the full statements.

 

3 May 2005
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights made an application to the African Commission for it to attend to the request for provisional measures in terms of rule 111 in the case of Roy Bennett and the Government of Zimbabwe.
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ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS -A ZLHR Perspective - 15/04/005
In Harare on 6 April the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) released their report on the March 2005 parliamentary elections. The conclusions and recommendations in the report were based on their pre-election programming activities and observations carried out by its accredited members throughout the country both before and during the polls ...
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ARRESTS OF TRADE UNIONISTS AND CSO LEADERS - 18/11/003
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights having been monitoring the events of the arrest of the ZCTU and civic leaders in Harare and other towns and reports as follows ...
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CIVIC LEADERS ARRESTED! - 18/11/003
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) had called for a peaceful protest country wide to press for the restoration of the rule of law, the lowering of the high taxation rates and the focused attention of the government to arrest the economic situation...
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ANZ LATEST:HIGH COURT RULING: A VINDICATION FOR THE OBSERVERS OF THE RULE OF LAW- 18/09/003
On 18 September 2003 High Court judge Justice Y Omerjee heard an urgent application by the ANZ to have an order to the effect...
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ANZ SAGA- 17/09/003
Further to our preliminary statement issued on 13 September 2003 on developments relating to the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) and the forced closure of the Daily News, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has been monitoring the legal and human rights aspects of the crisis.
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN ZIMBABWE UNDER SIEGE - 13/09/003
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is gravely concerned at the impact on the right to freedom of expression of the forced closure of the privately owned Daily News following the recent Supreme Court ruling in the matter involving the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ)...
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Evictions and Demolitions 09 June 2005: ZLHR petitions the African Commission. See letter to the African Commission Special Rapportuer on Torture and Other forms of Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
crimes.
Evictions and Demolitions 09 June 2005: ZLHR petitions the African Commission. See letter to the African Commission Special Rapportuer on Refugees, Asylum Seekers
and Internally Displaced Persons

Zim Election 2005: Between January and March 18 2005, official reports from the Zimbabwean police have confirmed that 224 people have been arrested in 71 cases of political crimes.

Zim Election 2005: Concerns have been raised in the way the polling stations have been allocated and distributed between the rural constituencies and the urban constituencies

Between January 2003 and September 2003 ZLHR recorded a total of 367 human rights defenders as having been arrested and 161 of them charged under POSA in Zimbabwe

 
Between January 2003 and September 2003 a total of 30 journalists have been arrested and charged under AIPPA.
 
Between January 2003 and October 2003 ZLHR has recorded a total number of 383 arrests of hrds under the MOA, more than 200 of them in September and October 2003 alone.
 
On 16 May 2003 journalist Andrew Meldrum was deported from Zimbabwe despite the fact there was an explicit court order directing the State not to deport him.