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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:54
MASVINGO - Water Resources and Development minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has ordered local authorities in the country to immediately stop disconnecting residents failing to pay water bills. Speaking during a meeting with Runde and Save catchments councils over the weekend, Nkomo...Read More
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 10:45
MASVINGO - Water Resources and Development minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has ordered local authorities in the country to immediately stop disconnecting residents failing to pay water bills. Speaking during a meeting with Runde and Save catchments councils over the weekend, Nkomo...Read More
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Friday, 22 March 2013 14:14
HARARE - Yesterday, police arrested two caretakers at the Prime Minister’s communications office at Bath Road, Spiwe Vera and Elizabeth Banda. Police detectives picked up the two at the Avondale office, where four other aides to Tsvangirai were arrested on Sunday...Read More
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 12:05
HARARE - A special parliamentary committee is this week expected to endorse or reject Jacob Mudenda as the new chairman of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). ZHRC is the first statutory body tasked with investigating rights abuses. Parliament’s Standing Rules...Read More
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Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:04
HARARE - “If you are a bully I beg you look for me good. If you are a bully, a folly, a bully. Treat me good I ‘m like a steppin’ razor Don’t watch my size, I’m dangerous.” I open this...Read More
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:22
HARARE - Parliament has partnered human rights lawyers to capacitate legislators in the field of human rights work. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Parliament comes as government ups its crackdown on pro-democracy groups....Read More
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:42
HARARE - EX-Zanu PF politburo member and leading lawyer Jacob Mudenda has been appointed to head the new Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission replacing Reginald Austin who resigned in protest late last year over poor funding and political meddling. Prime Minister Morgan...Read More
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 10:02
HARARE - Reports that police yesterday swooped on Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (Zimrights) offices and took in for questioning director, Okay Machisa should have sent shivers down the spines of those who have given their lives to seeing a democratic Zimbabwe....Read More
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Friday, 04 January 2013 11:06
HARARE - Former Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) chairperson Reginald Austin chickened out of his post because he was incompetent for the job, Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Chinamasa told the Daily News Austin was aware of the problems that...Read More
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:31
HARARE - From arrests to vilification, Zimbabwe’s human rights lawyers endured a tough 2012. Lawyers have continually been denied access to their clients while also being subjected to verbal attacks at police stations and in courtrooms for executing their duties, a...Read More
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Monday, 10 December 2012 10:08
HARARE - Today Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Human Rights Day, an important day on our calendar. On this particular day, Zimbabweans from all walks of life would be voicing their concerns as they battle on...Read More
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Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:13
HARARE - Next Monday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day and we will join the rest of the world in celebrating this important day which sadly comes at a time when the people’s rights are being trampled upon in Zimbabwe....Read More
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012 09:41
HARARE - Human Rights defenders in Zimbabwe continue to face terrorisation amid fears of an election “bloodbath” in the expected 2013 election, an international observatory has reported. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Observatory) a joint programme...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 13:12
HARARE - As Zimbabweans join the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism set for November, it is important that disability issues are treated as a human right and not just social welfare. In the past, the needs...Read More
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 09:37
HARARE - AIDS activists Douglas Muzanenhamo was arrested by police on Monday for distributing constitutional material at the just-ended Constitution Select Committee (Copac)’s Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference, according to Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). In a statement last night, ZLHR said...Read More
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