EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In the last month of 2025, December, Zimbabwe Peace Project documented a total of
86 human rights violations. The violations affected 1964 victims. Among the victims were
988 women and 976 men. 15 of the victims were persons with disabilities.
The human rights breaches included violations of rights to personal security, equality and
non-discrimination particularly in government aid distribution and threats of violence and
intimidation. Other civil and political rights such as restrictions on freedom of assembly
and association and that of expression were recorded. Other violations included
limitation of access to social services, unjustified arrest, and displacement among others.
In the provincial statistics, more violations, 21, were recorded in Manicaland in the
reporting month. Harare recorded 11 human rights violations while 10 were documented in
Masvingo and 9 in Mashonaland Central. Other provinces recorded: Mashonaland East
7, Midlands and Matabeleland North both recorded 8, Matabeleland South 5 and
Mashonaland West 4 while 3 were recorded in Bulawayo.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police topped the perpetrators’ list accounting for 26.2% of the
violations followed by the ruling party supporters who accounted for 20.2% of the
violations and its party leaders standing at 17.6%. Local authorities accounted for 7.9% of
the violations, traditional leaders 5.6%, artisanal miners 6.7% and other government
agents 4.9% also contributed to the breaches of such human rights violations. Members
of the Zimbabwe National Army accounted for 1.9% and 3% of the violations were
perpetrated by school authorities while 6% were perpetrated by members with no known
affiliations.
The Zimbabwe Peace Project acknowledges, in the section Towards Sustainable Peace
in Zimbabwe, the efforts of the National Dialogue Conference convened by the
Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD)in December, which highlighted
inclusive, continuous dialogue as essential for national unity, reconciliation, and
development. This report highlights in the ‘Ten steps backwards’ section, how the
politicisation of food aid and government agricultural inputs continues, violating
fundamental human rights and exacerbating food insecurity. Discriminatory distribution
of aid not only denies vulnerable communities access to life-saving support but also
deepens structural inequalities, heightens humanitarian suffering, and undermines
prospects for social cohesion and sustainable peace.
VICTIMS
1964
988 women
976 men