Human Rights Monitoring Report - Kubatana
Human Rights Monitoring Report - Kubatana
Human Rights Monitoring Report - Kubatana
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NORTHERN REGION<br />
Some unnamed police details allegedly<br />
arrested, detained and assaulted, EM<br />
(34), the whole night at Mutare Central<br />
Police Station, accusing the victim of<br />
having organized and attended a SAVE<br />
Zimbabwe meeting at St Josephs on the<br />
16 th of June. The police demanded to<br />
know the whereabouts of DM and JK<br />
who were part of the organizing<br />
committee of the SAVE Zimbabwe<br />
meeting.<br />
24 June 2007<br />
CM, the Acting Town Clerk in the<br />
Commission running the affairs of<br />
Mutare, allegedly victimized MS and<br />
other 29 Municipal police details, for<br />
reportedly failing to stop more<br />
than15000 MDC supporters from<br />
holding a rally at Chisamba grounds, as<br />
the crowd was just overwhelming. The<br />
perpetrator was then demoted by the<br />
Commission for the offence.<br />
28 June 2007<br />
For wearing a WOZA T/shirt, DF, an<br />
MDC member, was reportedly harassed<br />
by P, a member of the Zanu PF<br />
women’s league in the Zororo section of<br />
Sakubva. So incensed was the<br />
perpetrator that she threatened to<br />
unleash the Zanu PF youths on him, if<br />
ever she saw him wearing the T/shirt<br />
again.<br />
5 June 2007<br />
SM (26), a diamond panner, was<br />
allegedly severely beaten by police<br />
details, after he was caught in the<br />
diamond fields. The victim sustained<br />
serious injuries all over the body after<br />
the attack.<br />
7 June 2007<br />
Suspected Zanu PF youths, reportedly<br />
assaulted PT (31), of the MDC for<br />
uttering unflattering words about the<br />
state President. The victim allegedly<br />
blamed the President for the economic<br />
mess, the country is in.<br />
Mutare South<br />
2 June 2007<br />
DG, leading some ZRP details,<br />
reportedly stormed at an MDC meeting<br />
and harassed MC, AM, TR and others,<br />
whom they accused of holding an illegal<br />
meeting. The incident happened at<br />
Gwese School.<br />
28 June 2007<br />
© ZPP Programmes Dept. June 2007<br />
IC, of Zanu PF, was reportedly given three<br />
days to vacate his rented accommodation<br />
in the OTS section of Sakubva, by his<br />
landlord GM, of the MDC, as punishment<br />
for playing a song called “gushungo<br />
havana mhosva”. The victim was told to<br />
go and get accommodation from his party<br />
Zanu PF.<br />
13 June 2007<br />
Zanu PF ward 12 Councillor, T and RM,<br />
reportedly threatened NK, a member of the<br />
School Development Committee and JM<br />
the deputy school head of Zarawa School,<br />
for sourcing some donors to help<br />
reconstruct the school, after it was<br />
destroyed by strong winds last year. The<br />
victims were accused of being MDC<br />
activists who “want to bring back whites<br />
into the country.<br />
19 June 2007<br />
Village head C, from Chidziya village,<br />
reportedly tore MDC posters and<br />
threatened TM, of the MDC, who was<br />
mounting the posters with eviction from<br />
the area for putting up the posters and<br />
questioning the headman’s actions<br />
22 June 2007<br />
Zanu PF activists, GK, IM and PN, were<br />
warned that their names will be struck off<br />
from the list of GMB maize beneficiaries,<br />
for asking and demanding part of their<br />
monies reportedly misappropriated by AG,<br />
also of Zanu PF. The victims were accused<br />
of disrespecting the actions of their senior<br />
party officials.<br />
Mutare West<br />
2 June 2007<br />
At Chikwariro village, DK and other Zanu<br />
PF activists, reportedly harassed and<br />
labelled, PN (53), a traitor because the<br />
victim defected to join the MDC. The<br />
victim was formerly the district Zanu PF<br />
organizing secretary. The perpetrators also<br />
demanded that the victim return the Zanu<br />
PF membership card and materials that he<br />
had in his possession or face the<br />
consequences.<br />
5 June 2007<br />
Zanu PF activists, led by AM, WM and<br />
CM, reportedly demanded that villagers,<br />
friends and relatives who were attending a<br />
funeral of the late son of an MDC activist,<br />
JTMM, boycott the funeral in an effort to<br />
force the victim to renounce his MDC<br />
membership and surrender MDC regalia in<br />
his possession.<br />
10 June 2007<br />
TM, a war veteran and Zanu PF activist,<br />
reportedly facilitated the arrest of CD (40),<br />
the MDC district chairperson by claiming<br />
that she had assaulted him.<br />
15 June 2007<br />
GM, of the MDC, was reportedly assaulted<br />
by a war veteran and Zanu PF activist, PK,<br />
in an effort to force him to renounce his<br />
MDC membership, especially the post of<br />
secretary that the victim holds in the party.<br />
15 June 2007<br />
MM (40), who is the MDC ward 4<br />
Councillor and CD, also of the MDC, were<br />
allegedly arrested and detained by<br />
members of the Zanu PF youth militia, DM<br />
and M, for holding an illegal meeting. The<br />
victims had applied and were granted<br />
permission to hold the gathering. The<br />
meeting was subsequently stopped. The<br />
incident happened at Manjengwa village.<br />
26 June 2007<br />
At Mukotekwa village, the home of MZ<br />
(39), was reportedly stoned during the<br />
night by suspected Zanu PF youths,<br />
because the victim had hosted an MDC<br />
meeting at her home earlier in the day.<br />
Some window panes and roofing sheets<br />
were damaged during the commotion.<br />
Mutasa North<br />
2 June 2007<br />
At Chisuko village, war veteran BM and<br />
MN (youth militia), allegedly assaulted<br />
HN (46) and BK (27), using booted feet,<br />
open palm and whips as punishment for<br />
refusing to supply maize and other<br />
consumables to Zanu PF youth militia<br />
camped at Katiyo Estate. The victims who<br />
are vendors were labelled MDC activists.<br />
3 June 2007<br />
PM, a war veteran, who is also the Mutasa<br />
DCC Chairperson and Zanu PF ward<br />
Chairperson, ZM, allegedly harassed GC, a<br />
teacher at Nyatsanza School and warned<br />
him he and other teachers they risked<br />
expulsion from the service, for instigating<br />
teachers strike over salary.<br />
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