Calls for Zimbabwe to deal with atrocities and intimidation before 2023 elections: Continuing murders, detention and intimidation will result in elections not being free and fair
As Zimbabwe heads towards its 2023 national elections, there are increasing calls for the country to undo conditions that have led to political violence. by opposition parties and international observers, who have cited voter intimidation and claims of state-sponsored violence. says in its update report that the government must address these issues, which include reports of torture, failures to prosecute perpetrators and the intimidation of civil society and opposition parties.
Veterans of the 1970s bush war have also repeatedly threatened to take up arms in the event that the opposition wins presidential elections.families await their day in court This is in reference to the continued detention and court appearances of opposition politicians such as CCC legislator and deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been in prison for more than two months after being charged with“As civil society we have tried to engage government on matters of human rights to the extent that we have even approached the Zimbabwe Republic police commissioner general,” said Wilbert Mandinde, the programme coordinator at the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, which is...
Other issues raised by the working group are the intentions of the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill, which is seen as further creating conditions that are hostile to the transitional justice agenda. Civic society organisations involved in matters of peace and reconciliation fear that they will be targeted, as evidenced by their run-ins with the authorities when they sought to collect testimonials from victims of past human rights violations and to carry out voter education programmes.
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