Human Rights Monitoring Report - Kubatana
Human Rights Monitoring Report - Kubatana
Human Rights Monitoring Report - Kubatana
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NORTHERN REGION<br />
Manicaland<br />
Manicaland<br />
Totals<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
0 0 1<br />
17<br />
1<br />
21<br />
2<br />
0<br />
5<br />
29<br />
8<br />
Murder<br />
Rape<br />
Kidnapping/Abduction<br />
Type of cases<br />
Assault<br />
Theft/Looting<br />
Discrimination<br />
MDP<br />
Torture<br />
Unlawful Detention<br />
Harassment/intimidation<br />
Displacement<br />
Jun-07<br />
Buhera North<br />
4 June 2007<br />
At Mugweni village, GM, a Zanu PF<br />
activist, reportedly denied SN, to register<br />
for agricultural inputs under the<br />
Government inputs programme, after she<br />
failed to produce a Zanu PF membership<br />
card. The victim is a member of the MDC.<br />
9 June 2007<br />
NC, a war veteran and Zanu PF activist,<br />
reportedly harassed, VM, of no known<br />
political affiliation, after he used a route<br />
that passes by the perpetrator’s homestead,<br />
and failed to produce a Zanu PF<br />
membership card. It is reported that, the<br />
perpetrator demands Zanu PF membership<br />
cards from people who pass by his<br />
homestead. The incident happened at Gaza<br />
Township.<br />
11 June 2007<br />
At Mukondomi business centre, JM (59),<br />
was reportedly denied to receive some<br />
donated blankets, by Zanu PF officials led<br />
by IM, because the victim is an MDC<br />
member and also does not attend Zanu PF<br />
meetings.<br />
11 June 2007<br />
At Dorowa Clinic, KP, a nurse a nd MDC<br />
activist, reportedly refused to treat VP<br />
(32), because the victim is a Zanu PF<br />
member. He reportedly claimed that the<br />
victim was not fit for treatment since her<br />
party (Zanu PF) had caused the rot<br />
bedevilling the health sector.<br />
14 June 2007<br />
© ZPP Programmes Dept. June 2007<br />
At Madziire village, PM, of the MDC,<br />
allegedly threatened to divorce her<br />
husband, LM (30), if he does not “reform”<br />
and renounce his Zanu PF membership.<br />
16 June 2007<br />
At Betera village, ND, a member of the<br />
Zanu PF Women’s League, allegedly<br />
barred PP, who is disabled and has two<br />
children, from registering as a Care Giver,<br />
because he does not attend Zanu PF<br />
meetings. The perpetrator told the victim<br />
that disability was not an excuse not to<br />
attend the meetings since the<br />
victim “walks” to attend church regularly.<br />
Buhera South<br />
2 June 2007<br />
An unidentified suspected Zanu PF<br />
member, allegedly vandalized, NV’s (46)<br />
vehicle at Birchenough Bridge and<br />
inscribed some words “pasi naTsvangirai<br />
and Mutambara”( a death wish to<br />
Tsvangirai and Mutambara). The victim<br />
was also threatened with physical assault,<br />
if he continued to patronize the area.<br />
7 June 2007<br />
GS, a Zanu PF activist, and tout based at<br />
Birchenough Bridge, allegedly pushed TJ<br />
(26), of the MDC out of a moving bus,<br />
claiming that ‘the bus was not permitted to<br />
carry MDC members”. The victim fell off<br />
and incurred facial injuries.<br />
12 June 2007<br />
HP (56), of the MDC, was allegedly<br />
summoned by Chief C (Zanu PF) and<br />
ordered to vacate Chamutsa village, after<br />
he reportedly publicly claimed that the<br />
incumbent state President should leave<br />
office, because life in the country has<br />
become unbearable. This was taken as a<br />
sure sign of unpatriotic behaviour by the<br />
perpetrator.<br />
14 June 2007<br />
At Zvavamwe business centre, Zanu PF<br />
youths and an unnamed police detail,<br />
reportedly harassed an unnamed man and<br />
removed him from a sugar queue, because<br />
they suspected him to be an MDC member.<br />
15 June 2007<br />
At Chamutsa village, Zanu PF activists, led<br />
by MN, the school development committee<br />
Chairperson, allegedly assaulted JP (56),<br />
of the MDC, after he confronted the<br />
perpetrators over the removal of his son<br />
from the BEAM programme. The victim’s<br />
son is in form one at Chamutsa Secondary<br />
School.<br />
22 June 2007<br />
An unnamed senior nurse, who is a Zanu<br />
PF activist, at Birchenough Bridge<br />
hospital, reportedly refused an ambulance<br />
service to NC (33), which was in labour to<br />
ferry her to Chipinge District hospital,<br />
because the victim is an MDC member.<br />
The victim was ferried to hospital by a<br />
well wisher.<br />
Chimanimani<br />
1 June 2007<br />
At Netsundwa village,<br />
24<br />
49 households<br />
consisting of known and suspected MDC<br />
members were reportedly denied to access