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Summary on politically motivated human rights and food related violations April 2010
Zimbabwe Peace Project
May 19, 2010

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Political intolerance reared its ugly face to the country's political scene in the month of April where the country's main political parties were commemorating Independence Day together for the second time since the establishment of the inclusive government. Despite calls from the political leaders to shun violence, the month of April realised a 5% increase in cases of human rights violations as compared to the previous month.

There were 959 cases of human rights violations that were recorded in April compared to the 908 for the month of March. A close look at the incidents of the violations tend to show that cases of harassments, intimidation and assault have been constant in the Midlands, Manicaland, Masvingo, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces.

Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has observed that most of the violations that were recorded in April were concentrated on the days leading to the April 18, Independence Day celebrations of which the victims were harassed on the basis of failing to contribute money for the celebrations and putting on political party or civil society regalia .

Matabeleland North and South Provinces also realised an increase in the number of violations that were recorded in April compared to the previous month. The majority of the cases were to do with harassments encountered by political party activists with regards to the constitution making process as well as the unwritten sin of wearing political party regalia.

The news that the Constitutional outreach teams will soon be dispatched to communities also contributed to the increase in human rights violations with political parties jostling to outwit each other in determining the outcome of the country's supreme law.

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