In this section, we analyse the trends of politically motivated human
rights violations across the country.
This is part of the ZPP campaign to have citizens resist, reject and
report violence ahead of the 2023 election.
2023
The campaign, #RRRV2023 is specifically designed as an early warning
system of political violence with the view that relevant agents can
adopt preventive measures.
This is because ZPP has noted how community members are used to
mete out violence against each other and the moment they unite
against violence, peaceful contestation is likely to prevail. So the
#RRRV2023 campaign, separates politically motivated human rights
violations from all other forms of violations, and using a highly
sophisticated data analysis tool, ZPP maps the severity of the
violations to give an indication of the political volatility of each
province.
AS NOTED IN THE GRAPH,
MIDLANDS PROVINCE HAS
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS WITH A TOTAL
OF 17 POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED VIOLATIONS,
15 OF WHICH ARE
SERIOUS.
As noted in the graph, Midlands province has the highest number of
politically motivated human rights violations with a total of 17
politically motivated violations, 15 of which are serious. The province
took over from Harare, which had the highest of 22 political motivated
human rights violations in June. On the heels of the Midlands is
Manicaland which has 15 politically motivated human rights violations.
The prevalence of politically motivated violence in Midlands,
Manicaland and Mashonaland East, is a result of the continued
manoeuvres by Zanu PF to shut down space for the opposition ahead
of the official campaigning period for the 2023 elections.
See Provincial outlook below.
Using a highly sophisticated data analysis tool, ZPP maps the severity of the violations to give an
indication of the political volatility of each province.
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16
13
14
13
11
12
9
10
8
6
4
2
0
6
3
2
2
5
5
2
Mild
1
2
3
3
1
1
serious
severe
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