Zimbabwe State of Civic Space Report 2024
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ZimRights 2025 International Women’s Day Statement
8 March 2025 #Statement On #InternationalWomensDay2025, we reaffirm our commitment to advancing women’s rights and call on the Government of Zimbabwe to fulfil its constitutional and international obligations by implementing gender-responsive policies, strengthening legal protections, and creating an enabling environment for women’s full participation in society. https://www.zimrights.org.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ZimRights-IWD-Statement-2025-1.pdf #AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay Download ZimRights International Women’s Day […]
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Feb 25
Statement: Release journalist Blessed Mhlanga
24 February 2025, Harare, Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association calls for the immediate release of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) Head of Current Affairs, Blessed Mhlanga, arrested Monday 24 February 2025, on two counts of contravening section 164 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for allegedly transmitting data messages inciting violence. This arrest […]
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Feb 25
Strengthening Civic Action: ZimRights Hosts Community Action Planning Lab
ZimRights continues to strengthen grassroots advocacy through its Community Action Planning Labs, a platform designed to empower citizens to take an active role in promoting and defending their rights. On February 13, 2025, the latest lab was held in Sanyati District, bringing together local residents, activists, and community leaders to build capacity for civic engagement […]
Repeal the Vagrancy Act Advocacy Update: Feb 2025
Phase 1: Petition and Mobilization (July 2024 – November 2024) 10 July 2024: ZimRights launches a petition calling for the repeal of the Vagrancy Act [Chapter 10:25], emphasising its colonial origins and its criminalization of homelessness. 31 July 2024: ZimRights submits the petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe, signed by ZimRights members and ordinary citizens […]
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Feb 25
Facing the aid freeze: What we must do now and tomorrow
Coming to terms with the aid freeze On 6 February 2025, at the invitation of the National Association for Non-Governmental (NANGO), I participated in the webinar on the impact of the United States President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Re-evaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. This article articulates my contribution to that conversation, addressing […]
Solidarity Shapes the Human Struggle
In Solidarity with the People of Mozambique and Swaziland By Dzikamai Bere Last year on 26 November 2024, I moderated the 7th Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Awards hosted by Southern Defenders in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was a special moment for many reasons. One of them is that the human rights community honoured the […]
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Jan 25
Protecting Civic Space is Everyone’s Responsibility
By Farirai Sibanda ZimRights Regional Manager for the Northern Region. On 20 December 2024, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association launched the 2024 State of Civic Space report, reflecting on the operating environment for civil society organisations (CSOs) currently working in Zimbabwe. I am proud to have contributed to the production of this report, which is […]
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Jan 25
We The People Newsletters
We The People Newsletter Edition 1 Welcome to the first edition of WE THE PEOPLE, a monthly digital newsletter from the Zimbabwe Constitutional Movement. In this edition, we look at the serious threats to our constitution, a document that is 11 years old and is already facing a risk of being teared apart to serve […]
Zimbabwe’s Civic Space in Crisis: New Report Details Growing Operational Obstacles and Legal Threats to Civil Society
The ouster of President Robert Mugabe in 2017 in Zimbabwe was followed by a brief period of cautious optimism for increased civil liberties. Regrettably, that optimism has been overshadowed by persistent restrictions, with recent years marked by heightened repression, harassment, and arrests of human rights defenders. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and the Observatory […]