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What Matters? – Voices from Community Human Rights Champions The former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada Ouemee is famous for the phrase, ‘Here in Uganda there is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee you freedom after speech’. By this, he meant that even though the constitution and the law might provide for freedom of […]

Summary of how Tawanda Muchehiwa came into the hands of the State Tawanda Muchehiwa is a male MSU student aged 22 and a nephew to investigative journalist and ZimLive Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu. It was on the 26th of June 2020 when Tawanda was abducted violating his right to personal security as enshrined in section 52 […]

#ZimbabweanLivesMatter Series: What Matters? – Voices from Community Human Rights Champions Introduction From 30 March 2020, when COVID 19 hit Zimbabwe, at ZimRights we started a series called – Their Voices Matter, aimed at documenting community responses to COVID 19. 7 reports were produced in this series. But as the fight against COVID 19 progressed, […]

The COVID-19 Wake Up Call Reform, Bridge Inequalities and Build More Resilient Communities By Dzikamai Bere On 16 July 2020, we launched the report, Rights in Crisis: A Human Rights Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe. The report is a product of ZimRights’ three-pillar COVID-19 Response Strategy activated on 30 March 2020. The three […]

Rights in Crisis: COVID-19, Data for Decision Making and Action By Rumbidzai Moyo On 16 July 2020, ZimRights launched a special report ‘Rights in crisis: A Human Rights Analysis of the COVID 19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe’. The report which is the most comprehensive appraisal of the local COVID-19 situation introduces a ‘Pro-future approach’ based on […]

Bridging the Accountability Gap: The opportunities that documentation through digital evidence presents for legal accountability and restorative justice in Zimbabwe By Ruwadzano Patience Makumbe Civil society has been the stronghold in effecting paradigm shifts and changes in societal challenges such as inequalities, promotion of human rights including health and access to justice. In executing this […]

Police brutality – Why the Zim, US outrage is different By Dzikamai Bere THE past few weeks have seen unprecedented global outrage at the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on […]

The importance of journalism in highlighting community issues on human rights By Ruvimbo Muchenje Community issues may remain within the community and unattended to in the absence of the media. The day to day social, political and economic problems which in turn affect full enjoyment of human rights communities can only be addressed if journalists […]

The Resistance: Why youth activism must return to the streets! By Namatai Kwekweza It’s not so long ago that the resistance sounded like revolutionary songs and was comprised of dusty, sweaty youth who knew that the cost of freedom is high and must be paid for in blood or death if need be. Today, the […]

Vigilance, Innovation Key for Human Rights Defenders in Post-Covid-19 Zimbabwe By ZimRights Communications Team There is no doubt current COVID-19 crisis has had a far-reaching impact on the very basis of social life. Imagine not being able to shake hands when greeting a friend or having to stay a metre apart in a pub, or […]