to hospital by an unknown woman at about 2:30am.
27 August
Freedom of
Association
It is reported that members of the ZNA at around 3am attacked people at 4th Street market. It was said that the
army harassed all vendors who sleep in the make shift shelters claiming that they are sympathising with the
opposition while the economy was at its knees. *Charles Musona alleged that soldiers arrived and started
harassing people. He managed to sneak out from his tent and hid near the railway. Other vendors who were
unfortunate were seriously injured.
29 August
Freedom of
Association
Zanu PF supporters accompanied by police officers from the Law and Order section took two MDC-T
supporters at gunpoint. *Melody Jiri was taken on 29 August 2016 while *Rose Mugadza was taken on 30
August. The other MDC-T supporters managed to escape. The Zanu PF youths who assisted the police with
identification of the people were once in the MDC-T but later defected to Zanu PF and could identify MDC-T
supporters in their locality. The two were suspected to have been taken to Harare Central Police Station for
questioning. Jiri was taken from her home at Pentagon and Mugadza was at Epworth Local Board premises.
Freedom of
Expression
31 August
Freedom of
Association
It is alleged that Zanu PF held a meeting in Epworth where they discussed the issue of terror bases. It is said
the bases will be in all wards and people will be disciplined at those bases like what happened in 2013. Terror
bases are make shift and they can be put up and pulled down in no time and in the past they have been used to
‘punish’ those that hold dissenting views according to Zanu PF.
31 August
Freedom of
Association
In St Mary’s a group of four MDC-T supporters including Simon Jingo and Jonathan Malindati harassed a Zanu
PF supporter who was wearing a Zanu PF party t-shirt. The MDC-T youths ordered the Zanu PF youth to
remove the t-shirt and blamed his party for causing hunger in the country. Prior to that, the youths were said to
have also ordered another man who was on a bicycle to remove his Zanu PF cap.
Freedom of
Expression
Manicaland
There was chaos after the announcement of the Zanu PF primary election results in Chimanimani West with losers claiming the election had been rigged.
Politicization of food aid and deprivation of civil and political rights were the most prominent abuses recorded in August.
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