Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Property rights
15
2
4
1
Freedom of Assembly
1
23
Harassment/intimidation
Discrimination
Assault
Malicious Damage to
Property
Banned Political Meeting
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to liberty and security of person
Property rights
14
5
3
1
Freedom of Assembly
1
24
Mash East
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Discrimination
Malicious Damage to
Property
Banned Political Meeting
Total
that if ever she was found reading an independent paper which disseminates
propaganda, she will be torn and destroyed in a similar fashion.
The operating environment in Mashonaland East is tense and intimidating especially for
the opposition party members. They face victimisation from both Zanu PF members and
the police. There has been a high demonstration of partisan conduct by the Zimbabwe
Republic Police (ZRP) officers and it manifests in the form of harassment and
intimidation of the members of the opposition party.
Ø 3 June 2014- An MDC-T youth chairperson in Marondera was assaulted by a police
officer (name supplied) at Dombotombo police station when he indicated that he had
come to see a party member who was arrested for public drinking. He was accused
of boasting about his party. He broke his arm and a report was made at Marondera
police headquarters but no charges and arrests were made.
Ø 15 June 2014- Three MDC-T members coming from a party meeting in Ruwa
putting on party regalia were confronted by four Zanu PF members who accused
them of putting on opposition party regalia in a Zanu PF territory. When the MDC-T
supporters argued that it was a party of their choice and their right to wear their party
regalia they were forced to remove the T-shirts and the T-shirts were publicly burnt.
They were forced to leave the area and warned never to put on the regalia in the area.
They went away without shirts.
The political situation in Mashonaland West varied from place to place in the month of
June 2014; Hurungwe West had many cases of harassment while areas such Mhondoro
Ngezi, Mubaira and Norton were calm or had minor intra-party conflicts. Hurungwe
West MP Temba Mliswa continues to campaign for the eviction of all white farmers in
Mashonaland West, emphasizing that all farms registered for distribution should come
through him. However there has been a decline in the number of politically motivated
violations; there were 14 cases of harassment and intimidation in June compared to the
22 and 24 cases in April and May 2014 respectively.
Total
Mash West
Ø
7
15 June 2014- A job intake exercise at Cargill Company turned violent when
about 200 people gathered for employment selection. Zanu PF youths led by
Trust Kadzombe claimed that their names had been written down by their MP
and submitted to the managers for selection. The company representatives
indicated that they were not going to consider any other selection criteria save
the company’s. That angered the youth leading them to chant Zanu PF slogans
and sing revolutionary songs. The situation deteriorated when the guards
stopped the selection process leading the youths to be violent and jump over the
wall destroying it in the process. Police had to be called in to disperse the