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Zimbabwe SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol Summit Leaders Should Act on Equality for Women Southern African leaders should adopt the proposed Gender and Development Protocol at their upcoming summit after amending it to include crucial provisions deleted in 2007, Human Rights Watch said today. One of the most important provisions that should be put back in to the protocol would commit states to criminalize marital rape. August 14, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Before any resolution, Zimbabwe first needs justice By Georgette Gagnon, Africa director Published in The Independent Talks in Zimbabwe aimed at breaking the political deadlock in that country cannot succeed unless the human rights violations that are the root cause of the crisis are addressed. August 13, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version SADC: Press Zimbabwe to End Abuses Justice Key to Building Political Stability Southern African leaders should make an end to the violence in Zimbabwe their top priority at the upcoming Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) summit in Johannesburg, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. On August 16, 2008, South African President Thabo Mbeki is expected to brief SADC leaders on the progress of negotiations between the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). August 12, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version “They Beat Me like a Dog” Political Persecution of Opposition Activists and Supporters in Zimbabwe
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-370-6 August 12, 2008 Report Download PDF, 153 KB, 22 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release An illegitimate president By Tiseke Kasambala, Senior Researcher, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch Published in New Statesman Online African leaders must do more to end the repression in Zimbabawe and must place the responsibility for the violence firmly on Robert Mugabe’s doorstep. July 7, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version A long record of torture By Gerry Simpson, Researcher and Advocate, Refugee Policy Published in New Statesman Online Many Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa since 2005 – possibly numbering tens of thousands – have escaped persecution. They are refugees, although South Africa’s dysfunctional asylum system has yet to recognize them as such. July 4, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version African Union: Reject Result in Zimbabwe’s Sham Election Sanction Leaders, Press for Peacekeepers to End Violence African states should impose sanctions against Robert Mugabe and his illegitimate government in Zimbabwe after the sham presidential runoff, Human Rights Watch said today. The situation in Zimbabwe, where government violence against opposition supporters continued even after the vote on June 27, 2008, will be on the agenda at the African Union summit in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, on June 30 and July 1. June 28, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Reject Zimbabwe’s Elections African Union Should Act to Stop Violence, Enable Democratic Reforms The African Union should not endorse Zimbabwe’s sham presidential runoff election on June 27, Human Rights Watch said today. African Union leaders should intervene to bring an immediate end to massive state-sponsored human rights abuses and enable democratic reform. June 24, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Assume hard stance on Zim By Jon Elliott, Advocacy Director, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch Published in Mmegi Online At the end of May 2008, Human Rights Watch calculated the tally of misery and abuse in Zimbabwe since its 29 March elections: at least 36 dead; hundreds tortured; thousands beaten; and tens of thousands deprived of food or displaced. June 24, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Neighbors In Need Zimbabweans Seeking Refuge in South Africa
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-343-9 June 19, 2008 Report Download PDF, 451 KB, 119 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release South Africa: Grant Temporary Status to All Zimbabweans Government Should Halt Deportations, Allow Right to Work The South African government should recognize that political repression and economic deprivation have forced Zimbabweans to flee their country and immediately stop deporting them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch called on the government to grant Zimbabweans in South Africa temporary status and work rights. June 19, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version South Africa: Grant Temporary Status to All Zimbabweans
June 19, 2008 Graphic Zimbabwe: Crackdown Intensifies on Opposition Leaders and NGOs International Election Observers Should Report Publicly on Abuses The state’s escalating crackdown on leaders of the opposition and nongovernmental organizations is further evidence that Zimbabwe’s June 27 presidential runoff will not be free and fair, Human Rights Watch said today. June 13, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version “Bullets for Each of You” State-Sponsored Violence since Zimbabwe’s March 29 Elections
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-324-2 June 9, 2008 Report Download PDF, 798 KB, 72 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Zimbabwe: Runoff Vote Will Be ‘Dead on Arrival’ Senior Officials Implicated in Political Violence The Zimbabwean government’s campaign of violence and intimidation against the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has extinguished any chance of a free and fair presidential runoff on June 27, 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Human Rights Watch urged the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to use its influence and push President Robert Mugabe to take immediate steps to end the violence and hold those responsible to account. June 6, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Statement on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council's Attention Human Rights Watch's Statement to the Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch brings the human rights situations in Somalia, Ethiopia, China, and Zimbabwe to the Council's attention during the June session's General Debate (agenda item 4). June 6, 2008 Oral Statement Printer friendly version South Africa: Protect Victims of Xenophobic Violence Provide Basics of Food, Water, Shelter, and Safety to Displaced The South African government should ensure that “temporary shelter sites” for homeless and traumatized victims of recent xenophobic violence comply with international standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement require states to provide food, water, shelter, medical care and security to displaced persons. June 5, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version UN: Open AIDS Meeting to All General Assembly Should Reverse Ban on Human Rights and Sexual Health Groups The United Nations General Assembly should reverse its decision to exclude three human rights and sexual health nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from its June 10 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, a coalition of human rights groups and international AIDS organizations said today. June 5, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Zimbabwe: Reverse Ban on Food Aid to Rural Areas Political Interferences Risks Worsening Widespread Hunger The government should immediately reverse its decision to ban aid agencies from distributing food to hundreds of thousands of hungry people in rural areas, Human Rights Watch said today. June 4, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Letter to AU Chair H.E. Jean Ping on the situation in Zimbabwe May 19, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version |
 
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