CSOs Warn of Worsening Rights Abuse

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) have warned of worsening human rights abuse at the hands of Zimbabwe’s state security agents. The warning follows an escalation in the number of threats, intimidation and harassment against its members.

ZimRights director, Okay Machisa, explained how he and other members of the ZimRights board last week received a series of threatening text messages and phone calls, warning them against conducting constitutional outreach programmes.

One of the threatening email that Machisa received two weeks ago from a person claiming to be Dzapasi Mumunda, read, "You enjoy flying in and out of the country demonising your country, why don't you go and stay there? They monitor, soon you will all stay out."

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