disenfranchisement and discrimination of unassuming congregants, who as is natural,
either belong to different parties or prefer to be apolitical.
By and large, what continues to be of grave concern is that all the above are violations
enshrined in the country’s charter which, though dubbed a progressive constitution, is yet
to be enforced in its full letter and spirit. For as long as the Constitution is not
implemented, citizens will continue to suffer civil, political, socio-economic and cultural
violations.
Data Gathering Methodology
Information contained herein is based on reports from ZPP long-term community based
human rights monitors who observe and record cases of human rights violations in the
constituencies they reside. ZPP deploys a total of 420 community-based primary peace
monitors (two per each of the 210 electoral constituencies of Zimbabwe). The monitors
compile reports that are handed over to ZPP provincial coordinators who man the different
ZPP regional offices in the ten administrative provinces of Zimbabwe. Upon receipt and
verifications of the reports from the monitors, the Regional Coordinators compile provincial
monthly monitoring reports, which are then consolidated at the national office into the ZPP
monthly monitoring reports published in retrospect.
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