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  • Beatrice Mtetwa granted bail

    Beatrice Mtetwa granted bail High Court judge, Justice Joseph Musakwa granted bail to prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa on Monday, March 25 in Harare. Mtetwa’s bail was granted on three conditions which are; that she deposits 500 dollars...
  • Protesters Demand Justice for Mtetwa

      Dozens of protesters gathered, sang and raised emblazoned banners at the Magistrate Court in Harare demanding justice for the incarcerated human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Magistrates court on Wednesday denied Mtetw...
  • Statutory Instrument Could Entrap Youth Organisations

      THE Statutory Instrument SI4/2013 which was drawn by the Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment in 2013, could fall like an axe upon youth organisations in the country without a warning, youth leaders said on Thursday March 21, 2013 in Hara...
  • Justice Musakwa postpones bail hearing… as Mtetwa Languishes in Remand

    THE High Court in Harare has postponed the bail hearing for award-winning human rights lawyer and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Board member, Beatrice Mtetwa to Monday, March 25, 2013, citing missing court papers.   The presiding Judge, Just...
  • Jailing human rights lawyer is jailing justice –A poem for Beatrice Mtetwa by Betty Makoni

    Jailing motherhood Jailing womanhood Jailing justice Jailing reason Jailing peace Jailing human rights Jailing humanity Jailing the constitution Jailing Beatrice the human rights lawyer is jailing the law Jailing bail order from high court Jai...
  • MTETWA, PM EMPLOYEES DENIED BAIL, CONDEMNED TO LANGUISH PRISON

    Information Alert 20 March 2013 MTETWA, PM EMPLOYEES DENIED BAIL, CONDEMNED TO LANGUISH PRISON HARARE Provincial Magistrate, Marehwanazvo Gofa on Wednesday 20 March 2013 condemned prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to languish in p...
  • Mtetwa, Prime Minister’s Employees Denied Bail

      THE Magistrates Court in Harare Wednesday March 20, 2013 ruled against the bail applications for award-winning human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa and the four employees of the Prime Minister(PM) Morgan Tsvangirai’s Office who were arrested Sunday ...
  • Crisis Comment on Just Ended Referendum: Zimbabweans…voting ‘yes’ for Progress

      Several facts about the just ended referendum are impossible to refute, without evidence to the contrary. One of those facts, as stated by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, is that over 3 079 966 Zimbabweans voted ‘yes’ in favor of a new const...
  • Zimrights Trial Postponed

    The ZimRights trial that was scheduled for today has been postponed to 9 April 2013.   The trial was postponed on the grounds that the Lead Counsel for ZimRights, Beatrice Mtetwa is appearing in court as an accused person in a separate case.   Moreo...
  • Mtetwa Arrest: Subverting Constitution by Shooting Messenger – ZLHR

      The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) issue a strong-worded statement accusing the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and other state institutions of sabotaging compliance with the national constitution by harassing lawyers.   The ZLHR statement...
  • Zimbabwe March 16 Referendum Incident Reports

    Incident reports:   Chivi - The voting process at Mutoti polling station started at 7am and unaccredited political party representatives who wanted to observe the process were turned away.   Mash West, Kariba - 4 people were arrested for putting up ...
  • SADC Makes Recommendations for Zim Elections

    THE Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s Electoral Observer Mission (SEOM) on Sunday evening March 17, 2013, a day after voting had closed in the Zimbabwe constitutional referendum made recommendations for the forthcoming elections in the cap...
  • SADC ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION STATEMENT TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE

      SADC ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE STATEMENT BY HON. BERNARD KAMILLIUS MEMBE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA AND HEAD OF THE SADC E...
  • ZSF statement on Zimbabwe Referendum

    ZSF statement on Zimbabwe Referendum 15 March 2013   The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum (ZSF) sends best wishes to the people of Zimbabwe on the eve of the Referendum scheduled for this weekend. We wish the people of Zimbabwe a peaceful and decisi...
  • High Court Removes Machisa from Remand

    THE High Court of Zimbabwe in Harare removed Okay Machisa, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS) director and Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chairperson from remand in an order stamped by the Registrar of the High Court on March 12, 2013....
  • ZLHR Lambasts Malpractices Ahead of Referendum

    THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has released a comprehensive statement condemning malpractises in terms of the operating environment as Zimbabwe prepares to vote in the historic national referendum, to decide on the COPAC Draft Constitution o...
  • ZEC consents to debarring ZIMRIGHTS

      The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) today consented to having its decision of barring the ZIMRIGHTS from accrediting to observe the referendum set aside, paving the way for the local NGO to re-apply for accreditation.   According to the Zimb...
  • Press Release

    HEADS OF CIVIL SOCIETY COALITIONS C/0 ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM 8TH FLOOR BLUEBRIDGE, EASTGATE, HARARE   14 March 2013 Press Release Following the letter of our protest to GNU Principals, around the Zimbabwe Electoral C...
  • “ NO LOCAL CIVIC ORGANISATION SHOULD BE BARRED FROM OBSERVING REFERANDUM” – PRINCIPALS

    THE Principals have responded to the concerns raised by the civil society on the non-accreditation of ZIMRIGHTS by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), saying that no local organization should be barred from observing the imminent constitutional referen...
  • NCA Supreme Court appeal dismissed

      The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe unanimously dismissed the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) appeal seeking to validate the argument that citizens have a right to question the President’s actions in a court of law. The ruling was handed down on We...