Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Zimbabwe Forum) Updates

FOREWORD 2023 will certainly go down as the year thatwe will not easily forget. It was the year in which we underwent an election like no other in the country let alone in the region’s history. The...

Executive Summary The month of July concluded on a sombre note, marked by a resurgence of historical political and institutional violence against citizens and human rights defenders in Zimbabwe. A...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) expresses its outrage following the abduction and torture of Womberaishe Nhende and Sanele Mkhuhlane on Saturday 2 September 2023. The Forum also...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), notes the directive issued by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 27 March 2020 for a 21-day National Lockdown starting from today (Monday 30 March 2020)...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is outraged by the behaviour of the Zimbabwean government in unlawfully deploying the military in Harare yesterday, leading to the extra-judicial...

1 December 2016 The UN Security Council has failed Syrians. In almost six years of conflict, close to half a million people have been killed and eleven million have been forced to leave their homes...

5 July 2016 The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) unreservedly condemns in the strongest terms the appalling use of excessive force by the police against protesters in Epworth, Mabvuku,...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) welcomes the ruling by the High Court of Zimbabwe on Monday 12 January 2014, barring forced evictions of at least 200 families from Arnold Farm in...

Paper presented by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum during the Women Forum Panel “Giving girls the education they deserve “, on 29 November, 2014 during the 28th SESSION of the Africa, Caribbean,...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is concerned about the continued systematic closure of democratic space in Zimbabwe. The past months have witnessed a systematic use of torture,...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) unreservedly condemns the violence that erupted in Chingwizi Camp from 31 July. The violence occurred following the government’s attempts to relocate...

(extract) The right to safe and clean water This bulletin explains water as a fundamental human right in Zimbabwe. Water is the essence of life. Safe and clean drinking water, like sanitation, is...

This is a Report on the visit to Zimbabwe of the Delegation of the Development Committee of the European Parliament to Zimbabwe (29 April – 3 May 2013) The terms of reference for this visit were as...

May 17, 2013 The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum today presents the report of the International Conference on Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe which took place from the 4th to the 6th of October...

Executive Summary Violence against women and children is a common phenomenon in Zimbabwe. It occurs, both in the private and public spheres, catalysed by a number of factors that stem from the way in...

A report on the harassment of human rights activists in Zimbabwe 2012 – February 2013 Introduction Zimbabwean human rights defenders (HRDs) compliment the role of the state in promotion of human...

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has been and continues to monitor developments relating to the clampdown on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and human rights defenders (HRDs) with...

Courageous human rights defenders, disappointing compromises, but progress in Zimbabwe January 7, 2013 This report provides information and analysis on developments relating to human rights and...

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) joins the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against GenderBased Violence between the 25th of November and the 10th of December...

Violations 13.11.12. Fifty seven members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested and beaten following on-going and peaceful water shortage protests in Bulawayo. One of the women sustained a...