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The Unleashing of Violence: A report on violence against peaceful protesters in Harare
(Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 2000-04)As Zimbabwe moves towards the holding of a general election, which, according to President Mugabe, will be held in May 2000, the political situation has become increasingly troubled and violent. There have been violent ... -
Terror tactics in the run-up to parliamentary elections, June 2000
(Amnesty International, 2000-07)Amnesty International has concluded from its inquiries that there is evidence that the Government of Zimbabwe is either instigating or acquiescing in serious violations of human rights including extrajudicial executions, ... -
Report on Pre-election Political Violence in Mberengwa
(Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 2000-11)In the period leading up to elections violence, threats and intimidation were used extensively to coerce voters. Politicians of the ruling party and their supporters made statements indicating that the ballot would not be ... -
Who was responsible? Alleged perpetrators and their crimes during the 2000 Parliamentary Election period
(Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 2001-07)This report is a follow-up to “Who is Responsible?: A preliminary analysis of pre-election violence in Zimbabwe”, which was released in June 2000 by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. It sought to catalog emerging ... -
Organised Violence and Torture in the June 2000 General Election in Zimbabwe.200
(AMANI TRUST, 2002-02)This monograph is based on detailed observation of the election petitions held in the High Court of Zimbabwe, as well as testimonies available from victims seen during the General Election and the subsequent bye-elections. ... -
Neither Free nor Fair: High Court decisions on the petitions on the June 2000 General Election.
(AMANI TRUST, 2002-03)This monograph focuses on the electoral irregularities, including gross human rights abuses, during the period preceding the June 2000 Parliamentary elections. This election marked the first time a strong opposition party, ... -
March 2002 Presidential Election Report
(ZESN, 2002-03)The March 2002 presidential election was preceded by months of intensive violence and intimidation against MDC supporters, and more than 50 people, mostly opposition supporters, were killed. President Mugabe was declared ... -
Organised Violence and Torture in the Bye-Elections held in Zimbabwe during 2000 and 2001.
(AMANI TRUST, 2002-05)This present monograph concentrates upon the human rights violations that took place during the bye-elections that took place in 2000 and 2001. None of these bye-elections came about as a result of the election petitions, ... -
Beating your opposition:Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.
(AMANI TRUST, 2002-06)State organized violence increased following the rejection of the Government sponsored constitution in the referendum at the beginning 2000. The violence was initially sporadic and confined to one or two areas at a time ... -
African Union guide elections
(2002-07)The principles are divided between the responsibilities of member states and the rights and obligations under which democratic elections must be held. -
TORTUOUS PATTERNS DESTINED TO REPEAT THEMSELVES IN UPCOMING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
(Redress, 2004-11)The analysis in this Report is based on the data contained in the Monthly Violence Reports of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. Since July 2001, the Forum has been reporting monthly totals of cases of organised violence ... -
Consolidated Election Climate Report No1
(NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY (NCA), 2005-02)This report covers all the reports received by the NCA for February 2005, coming from 8 Provinces, and 56 Constituencies. It summarises the position that pertained during the last 2 weeks of February. Unfortunately, no ... -
Not a Level Playing Field: Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary Elections in 2005
(Human Rights Watch, 2005-03)Human Rights Watch calls on SADC member states to urge the government of Zimbabwe to ensure that in the days remaining before the election, efforts are made to guarantee that all candidates are able to campaign freely and ... -
Zimbabwe An assessment of human rights violations in the run-up to the March 2005 parliamentary elections
(Amnesty International, 2005-03)Amnesty International researchers have been monitoring the human rights environment in Zimbabwe as the country approaches the 31 March parliamentary elections. Although there are fewer reports of politically-motivated ... -
IT’S THE COUNT THAT COUNTS: FOOD FOR THOUGHT:Reviewing the Pre-election Period in Zimbabwe.
(Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 2005-03)There is a clear difference between the electoral climate preceding the current 2005 parliamentary elections on the one hand and the previous parliamentary elections of 2000 and presidential elections of 2002 on the other. ... -
THE 2005 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION. FLAWED, UNFREE AND UNFAIR!
(NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY (NCA), 2005-04)THIS REPORT COVERS ALL THE REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NCA DURING THE PRE ELECTION PERIOD (FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005), THESE BEING FROM ALL PROVINCES EXCEPT MANICALAND COVERING 105 CONSTITUENCIES. A TOTAL OF 383 REPORTS WERE ... -
TRICK OR TREAT? THE EFFECTS OF THE PRE-ELECTION CLIMATE ON THE POLL IN THE 2005 ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
(IDASA, 2005-06)In Zimbabwe, in the past five years, elections have been elevated to the only constitutive principle for determining legitimacy, aided considerably by the position of the African nations, and South Africa in particular. -
Stuffed ballots and empty stomachs
(Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, 2005-07)This report considers the actual period of voting and the first one hundred days thereafter. -
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
(2007-01)The Charter seeks to entrench in the Continent a political culture of change of power based on the holding of regular, free, fair and transparent elections conducted by competent, independent and impartial national electoral ... -
E- Ballot Newsletter 7
(The Ballot, 2007-09)This issue seeks to continue with the debate and discussions on some interpretations, implications, and prospects towards the 2008 elections in particular on the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 18. The issue looks at ...
