Harassment/Intimidation
Assault
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
2
4
6
Ø
Bulawayo
Mat South
Mat North
Harare
Ø
Total
Harassment/Intimidation
Discrimination
Unlawful Detention
Assault
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to Liberty
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
4
3
1
1
9
Ø
Harassment/Intimidation
Discrimination
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
4
1
5
Ø
Ø
Ø
Harassment/Intimidation
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
1
1
209
7
Ø
Towards end the of month on 25 February 2014 the house of MDC-T secretary
General Tendai Biti in Umwinsdale was petrol bombed by unknown assailants.
The MDC-T is accusing Zanu PF of taking advantage of in house fighting,
while Zanu PF have dismissed the accusations, the assailants are yet to be
arrested.
The Zanu PF party was busy organising for President Mugabe’s 90th birthday
bash and the wedding of the president’s daughter Bona. A group of women
Zanu PF supporters led by a Mrs Muswe wearing party regalia were moving
door to door in ward 39 and 40 of Dzivarasekwa forcing people to donate US$1
per house-hold towards the president’s birthday celebrations.
The major source of conflict in the province has remained the partisan conduct
of traditional leaders as they are working hand in hand with Zanu PF to oppress
MDC-T activists and ordinary villagers suspected to be MDC-T activists.
At Siansundu ward, Binga North constituency, Chief Saba is reported to have
verbally harassed and intimidated a village head he accused of belonging to the
MDC-T. It is reported this happened during a meeting at which the Chief was to
announce that the traditional leaders would soon be receiving some allowances.
However it is reported that the Chief went on to tell some of the village heads
that they would not benefit from the scheme as they were loyal to the MDC-T.
The province witnessed very few incidents of political motivated human rights
violations in February. The cases reported were of harassment and intimidation
while the majority involved discrimination during the distribution of farming
inputs such as fertilisers.
A trend has been observed where elected councillors from the MDCs are being
side-lined in the Zanu PF controlled Gwanda Town Council.
The province has remained relatively calm with only one incident of political
violence having been recorded during the month as compared to four cases
witnessed in January. The internal fighting within the MDC-T has also brought
a new source of conflict in the province with threats of violence to those calling
for party president Morgan Tsvangirai to step down.