Statements

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), joins the African Continent in commemorating the Day of the African Child. The DAC, celebrated on the 16th of June since 1991, is in honour of thousands of black students massacred during peaceful protests about the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association is concerned with the access to Covid-19 vaccines following reports from our members of unavailability of the necessary vaccines at vaccination centers and more so for those that need the second dose putting their health at risk. Section 76 of the Constitution provides for the right to health care. The […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) welcomes the ruling by the High Court of Zimbabwe on 15 May 2021, in upholding the integrity of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and confirming what we have always said about the illegality of Constitution Amendment Bill Number 2 which was hastily rushed through Parliament and signed into law by […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) joins the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day under the theme, “Information as a Public good.” ZimRights salutes the Zimbabwean media and journalists for their resilience in providing information. Access to information is a human right as expressed in various rights including freedom of expression and freedom of […]

As the World marks the World Intellectual Property Day, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) notes with concern how the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the world. Zimbabwe has lost 1557 lives with 36 086 having been affected by the pandemic since March 2020 The discovery of vaccines came as a relief to many. […]

On Tuesday our Constitution suffered yet another deadly blow when the lower house of the National Assembly passed the disastrous Constitution Amendment Bill Number 2 by a vote of 191 to 22. The Bill will now move to the upper house where the chances of its passage are high before the presidential ascent. The Zimbabwe […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), an association of over 250 000 patriotic Zimbabweans who believe in human rights, joins the nation in marking the 41st anniversary of Independence, albeit with an undemocratic bill hanging over our heads. The attempts by the government of Zimbabwe to legislate patriotism through the clearly unpatriotic proposed Patriot Bill […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association joins the rest of the world in commemorating the World Health Day 2021 under the theme,” Building a fairer, healthier world.” This year’s commemorations are being held for the second time during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Pandemic has heightened human rights violations and exposed the failure by Zimbabwe to finance the […]

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association dismisses the fake message circulating on different social media platforms that we have received 6.5 million from the Dutch Embassy to assist citizens affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. ZimRights has not received such funds and we currently do not have any programme running that is giving cash handouts to those […]

As Civil Society, united in our diversity we strongly condemn the arbitrary action taken by the minister in total disregard of the rights of the affected persons and community.” Read the Civil Society Statement on Statutory Instrument 50/2021 here Chilonga Solidarity Platform