Human Rights Monitoring

Human Rights Investigation Mission Report: Epworth Land Occupation & Regularization Scandal Introduction The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) on 29 February 2024 conducted a comprehensive human rights investigation in Epworth, Harare, to assess the state of land occupation and regularization issue and verify the alleged violations within the community. This report aims to shed light […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 7 This is the seventh and last edition of our ‘Their Voices Matter’ series. In this series we have documented the experiencing of ordinary people as they responded to COVID-19 measures. In this our concluding edition, we reflect on some of the most powerful encounters that we have […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 6 Several human rights issues emerged during the sixth week of the extended lockdown as more businesses began to operate and government made little progress in providing adequate social safety nets to the millions affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Notably business, small and large, began operating, and this […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 5 Zimbabwe entered into the fifth week of the lockdown, amid uncertainty over what would become of the country’s economy and other sectors that had already endured five weeks of no operations. The major human rights issue emerging during this period was the growing fear that government was […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 4 Zimbabwe entered into the 4th week of the lockdown, after it had been extended by a further 2 weeks by the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The extension came with relaxations to allow the mining and manufacturing sectors to resume operations in the spirit of rescuscitating the […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 3 As the lockdown entered the third week in Zimbabwe, ZimRights members continue to share the experiences of how their communities are dealing with the COVID-19 measures. In this report we document how these measures have impacted women and other marginalized groups. In the context of Zimbabwe, women […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 2 In the second week of the COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) members continued to speak out on their experiences at community level. Two more deaths were recorded in the week under unclear circumstances. This raised concern about government’s preparedness to test, treat […]

Community Responses to Covid 19 Measures: Week 1 The world has been turned upside down by the COVID 19 pandemic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has since pointed out that the world has recorded more than 680 000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 203 countries as of 29 March 2020. Italy, China, Spain and United […]