Zimbabwe Peace Project

2023
Elections:
Doom and
Gloom ?

July 2023 Monthly
Monitoring Report

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2023_ZPP MMR July 2023 - 2023 Elections: Doom and Gloom?

Monthly Monitoring Report

Executive Summary: In the month before the elections ZPP recorded 301 human rights violations, a largeincrease from 206 in June 2023. The recorded violations demonstrate that citizens are notable to access an environment that is free to exercise their constitutionally guaranteedfreedoms in independent Zimbabwe. 54% of the violations were of threats, harassment,and intimidation, 19% of assault and 12% of discrimination. ZPP identified 5 006 victims ofhuman rights violations (59% male, 39% female, 1% male persons with disability and 0.9%female PWDs). The general citizens populated the highest percentage of victims, 91%, andCitizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters followed with 8% and Zanu PF with 0.3%.The Zanu PF party perpetrated the most violations (59%), followed by the ForeverAssociates Zimbabwe (FAZ) at 12% and the ZRP at 6%. Mashonaland Central (79) andManicaland (59) provinces recorded the highest violations, followed by Harare (41) whilstMatabeleland North (5) and South (2) and Bulawayo (12) had the lowest. ZPP is largelyconcerned about how women continue to be victims of human rights abuses and violationsgenerally and the targeting of female opposition supporters in particular. ZPP hasdocumented a slight increase of female victims from 38% in June to 39% for July. Assault of Human rights defenders andaspiring candidates In the discharge of their duties, humanrights defenders particularly the mediapersonnel faced harassment and assault.The case in point being AnnastanciaNdlovu, a journalist with Voice ofAmerica (VOA) based in Bulawayo whowas assaulted by a group of Zanu PFmembers. It is said that Ndlovu wasrecording stories and experiences of thevendors who were being forced by ZanuPF to register in party cell groups. Factsconfirm that Ndlovu was assaulted for ecording the experiences of the vendors. She had her phone confiscated and it was latergiven back to her. This is another case of violence against a journalist in the course of theirduties. During the 2023 pre-electoral period ZPP has observed an alarming trend of attacks andintimidation against CCC activists in their localities. Attacks on aspiring candidates havebeen documented by ZPP, primarily against aspiring local authority and national assembly candidates.

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