HR/FREEDOMS VIOLATED
Harassment/intimidation
Malicious damage to
property
Assault
Discrimination
Theft/looting
Displacement
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
10
4
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Property rights
Property rights
2
2
Harassment/intimidation
Discrimination
Assault
Theft/looting
Malicious damage to
property
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
Property rights
23
2
2
2
1
#
OF
ACTS
ACTS OF HR VIOLATIONS
1
21
Midlands
Manicaland
PROVINC
E
INCIDENCES OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLATIONS
30
14
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF HR VIOLATIONS
v On 13 July in Nyachitu Village, Ward 10, Mutare West an MDC-T activist
was physically attacked by Loveness Jim, a Zanu PF member. The victim
is a teacher at Zedza Primary School. The perpetrator approached the
victim at the school and accused her of drawing a salary from a Zanu PF
government, which she did not support. The perpetrator then began
assaulting the victim while at the same time telling her to resign from
the post or else they would continue assaulting her. The victim
sustained head injuries and reported the matter to the police. It is said
the perpetrator had been sent by war veterans to attack the victim.
v On 21 July in Ward 34 Mutare North, Urashe Resettlement village,
three MDC-T activists were set to lose their land after Darlington
Sumburani an Agricultural Extension Officer (AREX) Officer initiated
moves to have them dispossessed of their 8 hectare plots due to their
affiliation to the MDC-T. It is said he approached the Ministry of Lands
and Rural Resettlement in Mutare and pleaded with Ministry officials to
have the victims evicted from the land. The victims have reported the
case to the civil courts in Mutare and are awaiting judgment.
v On 9 July an MDC-T activist at Maodza Business Centre in Chiundura
was verbally harassed by Mathias Maturuve of Zanu PF who labeled
him a sell-out. The perpetrator accused the victim of putting in place
opposition party structures.
v On 30 July at Gambiza Business Centre, Ward 3 Chiundura, an MDC-T
activist was verbally harassed by Charles Hove a Zanu PF member. The
perpetrator accused the victim of being a lost soul by affiliating with