2 | MONTHLY MONITORING REPORT
APRIL 2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In April, the Zimbabwe Peace Project documented 145 violations of human rights. The
violations included harassment and intimidation, violations against equality and nondiscrimination, abduction, arbitrary eviction, extra-judicial killing, unlawful
detention, theft and assault.
Mashonaland West recorded the largest number of violations of human rights
violations standing at 29 violations, up from 17 in March. ZPP also documented 27
violations in Manicaland Province, 20 in Mashonaland East, 16 in Masvingo, 15 in
Midlands, 14 in Harare Province and 13 in Mashonaland Central. Bulawayo and
Matabeleland South provinces each recorded 4 violations while Matabeleland North
recorded 3 human rights violations.
69.41% of the perpetrators were affiliated with the ruling party, ZANU PF, while 8.53%
were traditional leaders. The Zimbabwe Republic Police accounted for 7.94% of the
perpetrators while members of the defence forces and municipal officers accounted
for 5.29% and 2.94% respectively. Members affiliated with the Citizens Coalition for
Change (CCC) constituted 1.47% of the perpetrators while 4.41% were not affiliated with
any group or institution.
Male victims constituted 52.11%, of which 0.17% were persons with disabilities. 47.88%
of the victims were females. 0.11% of the women whose rights were violated were
persons with disabilities. Ordinary citizens constituted the majority of victims
amounting to 93.3%, while informal traders were 3.56%. Other victims were members
of the opposition party, CCC, at 2.88%, artisanal miners 0.24% and ZANU PF 0.02%.
The Zimbabwe Peace Project monitors and documents human rights violations across
all the provinces in Zimbabwe. In pursuant of justice and peace, the Zimbabwe Peace
project urges the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission and the Zimbabwe Republic
Police to investigate and cause for prosecution, all perpetrators including members of
the security forces. ZPP believes that peace is possible when there is political
tolerance and if the state is committed to ending the culture of impunity.
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