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Human
rights monitoring report - July 2007
Zimbabwe
Peace Project
September 10, 2007
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In this issue:
July Provincial
Highlights
- In Manicaland,
the state continues to stifle civil society activities with some
civil society organisations being denied clearance to hold workshops.
The few meetings that have gone on have resulted in reprisals
for the villagers who would have attended. Some villagers have
been threatened with eviction for attending meetings organized
by NGOs.
- All provinces,
there are allegations that food aid and assistance for agricultural
inputs continues to be politicized.
- In Mashonaland
East, Manicaland and Harare, there are reports that the mobile
registration process is being politicized. Suspected MDC supporters
have been denied registration.
- In Masvingo
and Bulawayo, there are reports of intra- party violence both
within Zanu PF and the MDC.
- There has
been an increase in cases of malicious damage to property with
reports of properties being set on fire in Manicaland, Mashonaland
East and Midlands.
- In Harare,
some people were harassed for not attending the burial of National
heroes. In Marlbereign vendors were forced to close shop and threatened
with eviction if they failed to attend.
- In Midlands
- rape continues to be used as tool to punish male members of
the opposition. In Sanyati a girl was raped because her father
had declared interest in contesting the local government elections.
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