Unlawful Detention
Total
Right to liberty
Assault
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
1
Disrupted Political meeting
Freedom of Assembly
1
Harassment/Intimidation
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
8
1
45
Total
10
In Glen View North, on July 25, three MDC-T youths led by their aspiring
candidate were verbally harassed by three Zanu PF youths who later called
the police accusing the victims of pulling down Zanu PF campaign posters
at Glenview 2 High. Police detained the aspiring candidate who was
released the following day without charge.
Mbare residents of ward 3 and 4 were forced to attend a Zanu PF rally at
number 5 ground by twelve Zanu PF youths led by Jim Kunaka, Harare
Provincial youth chairperson for Zanu PF.
The province recorded 9 cases of politically motivated violations in July down
from 16 noted in June. This is however, not to say the political environment is
conducive as Mat North continues to see the disruption of MDC-T meetings and
those of Civil Society with political players maintaining traits of intolerance
towards each other.
At a Bar in Mpumalanga, Hwange Central constituency an MDC-T
supporter was harassed and intimidated by a member of the Army (ZNA). It
is reported that the perpetrator snatched the survivor’s beret and used it as a
toilet before telling the survivor that he should leave MDC-T and join Zanu
PF if he wanted to live peacefully. It is further reported that they threatened
the survivor by telling him that if he reports the matter anywhere he would
be in trouble. This took place on July the 16th.
Mat North
Mat
South
Bulaway
o
Assault
Harassment/Intimidation
Malicious Damage to property
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
1
23
2
25
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Freedom of Assembly
8
1
2
1
1
Total
Harassment/Intimidation
Assault
Malicious Damage to property
Discrimination
Disrupted Political meeting
8
At Sizangobuhle, ward 5, Sipepa Village, villagers were forced to attend a
Zanu PF rally. The perpetrators were reported to be two war veterans June
Sibanda and George Mhlanga.It is reported that they were accompanied by
two women and all of them were wearing Zanu PF regalia. The incident
was reported to have happened on the 23rd of July 2013 at Tsholotsho North
constituency
Matabeleland South province recorded a decline in number of politically
motivated human right violations with 9 in July as opposed to the 17 in June,
2013. Though the figures may be low, the environment remains tense owing to
a hype of political activities in the build up towards anticipated elections.
The province in July recorded 13 cases of politically motivated violations an
increase from the 6 recorded in the previous month
The province also
witnessed a hype of activities driven by the July 31 harmonized elections
preparation. The city hosted quite a number of political rallies from almost all
political parties in the presidential race