Monthly Monitoring Report
January 2024
Executive Summary
In January 2024, the Zimbabwe Peace Project recorded 154 human rights violations and abuses
across the country’s 10 provinces. 55.12% of the violations are attributable to the ruling party,
ZANU PF. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Municipal Police contributed 15.18% and
11.55% respectively. Members of the opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)
contributed 8.25% of the violations while traditional leaders contributed 3.96%. 45.56% of the
victims were women and males constituted a total of 54.45%. 0.3% of the female victims were
people with disabilities and men with disabilities represented 0.5% of the male victims. Ordinary
citizens were the majority of victims standing at 67%. The second largest group of victims were
members of the CCC constituting 30.7% of the victims. Other political parties such as ZANU PF
and the MDC-T also recorded victims representing 0.5% and 0.4% respectively.
Among the key violations were cases of intimidation, harassment and political violence. 25 cases
of violation of the right to equality and non-discrimination on grounds of political affiliation were
documented and verified in the reporting period. 6 Cases of assault were also recorded while
other cases included theft of government sponsored aid meant for the public, torture, and
malicious damage to property. Comparatively, Midlands province experienced the same number
of violations in January, 28, to the cases recorded in December 2023. Mashonaland East
recorded an increase from 13 to 20 cases while Harare experienced more violations from 12
cases to 18.
Notable events during the reporting period include the exit of the leader of opposition Nelson
Chamisa from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) a party he formed two years ago claiming
that it had been hijacked by ZANU PF. In the same month, a former legislator and lawyer Job
Sikhala was released from prison 595 days after his arrest in June 2022. Meanwhile, the
Gukurahundi Outreach Committee has been accused of secrecy as it has not yet released the
calendar for community public hearings regarding the matter. The media sensitization meeting
schedule for Bulawayo was postponed to a later date.
The Zimbabwe Peace Project continues to monitor and document human rights violations across
the country.
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