ACTS
OF
VIOLATIONS
HR
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF HR VIOLATIONS
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
6
17
3
26
The province witnessed cases of arson, abduction of children, intra party conflicts
and general political intolerance.
3/5/14 - Two cases of arson where reported in Nyanga South at Mukwekwe
village. Unknown arsonists set on fire a thatched kitchen belonging to a ZANU
PF activist. On the day of the incident, the ZANU PF activist is reported to
have denied a number of MDC T members access to potato fertilizer that was
being given to potato farmers under the GMB programme. The activist is
reported to have taken more than five 50kg bags of fertilizer which were meant
for others and stored it in her kitchen. During the night, the kitchen was set
alight and the ZANU PF activist suspects that it could be the disgruntled MDC
members. On the 23rd of May, in the same village, suspected ZANU PF
activists torched a thatched house for an MDCT supporter. Victim is reported
to have scolded ZANU PF activists who were having their meeting in the
village during the day. During the night victim suspects that the ZANU PF
activists then torched his hut as punishment.
On 24 May 2014, three girls aged 16, 14, and 13 years of age were reportedly
abducted by one Amon Jekiseni a Zanu PF youth, at Machongwe –Nyahode
(Ward 13). Amon runs a tuck-shop at the business centre. The father of the
girls is blind. The community searched for the girls and were found a day latter
locked in Amon’s house. One of the girls is said to have been sexually abused
by the perpetrator during the abduction. The parents of the victims reported the
case to police and a request for medical examination was made at Mutambara
hospital. The girls were left in the custody of the police on the 24th of May
2014. However, on 25 May the police phoned the parents advising them that
they had released the three girls. The girls did not reach home, that was the last
the parents heard or saw the girls. The police were refusing to investigate the
circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the girls reportedly threatening
to arrest the parents themselves. The girls were still missing by time of
compiling this report.
Manicaland
Assault
Harassment/intimidation
Discrimination
Total
HR/FREEDOMS VIOLATED
# OF ACTS
PROVINCE
INCIDENCES OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLATIONS
5