ZLHR IN PICTURES- Operation Murambatsvina in Mbare   PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION- "operation murambatsvina continues -04 October 2005" Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) went and met the people in Mbare high density surbubs staying in the open who were affected by operation murambatsvina and settled in the open spaces at Mbare. The people were facing further threats of forcible ejectment resulting in them contacting ZLHR for help. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights met the people to explain the court order they were seeking their behalf. The pictures below taken by our Communications Officer , Mr Tinashe Mundawarara show the ZLHR Director Mr Arnold Tsunga and Mr Otto Saki a project lawyer for Human Rights Defenders and International Litigation with ZLHR explaining the contents of the court papers to the residence of Mbare who were affected by the operation . Pictures-All rights reserved© After the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina, the people are now staying in the squalid shacks which barely stands more than a metre above the ground surface - Tsiga grounds , Mbare Harare Mr Arnold Tsunga ZLHR Director explaining the court papers at Tsiga grounds were people are now staying after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina Families sleeping in the open at Tsiga grounds, J'burg lines in Mbare , Harare after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina Mr A. Tsunga at Tsiga grounds with the families affected by operation murambatsvina Mr Chadambuka, ZLHR lawyer (grey shirt) and Mr A. Tsunga during the explanations at Tsiga grounds were people are staying after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina The shacks at Tsiga grounds , Mbare were people have moved in after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina Evicted families at Tsiga grounds in the midst of their shacks after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina More of the evicted families at Tsiga grounds in the midst of their shacks after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina . Mr O Saki explaining the court papers at ground No. 5 Mbare, 100 metres from the Tsiga grounds Mr O Saki explaining the court papers at ground No. 5 Mbare to people affected by operation murambatsvina Mr A. Tsunga and Mr O. Saki at ground No 5 in Mbare Harare The shacks at ground No 5, another area were people are staying after the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina Q & A - an affected individual asking a question to the ZLHR team Mr O. Saki responding to a question After the destruction of their homes by the Government under operation murambatsvina the affected people have nowhere to put their belongings here property is seen lying outside vulnerable to rain Mr Tsunga rounding up the discussions with the families affected by the clean up operation dubbed operation murambatsvina   home l about ZLHR l programmes l legislative watch l bulletin l resources l calendar l news & media l press releases l current cases l violence & torture l l attack on lawyers l circulars l contact l   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.