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Zimbabwe Police Must Release Illegally Detained Human Rights Defenders

Three senior staff members of a registered medical clinic that provides medical services to victims of torture were arbitrarily arrested…

November 8, 2012

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Zimbabwe Urged to Remove Death Penalty in New Constitution

Amnesty International once again calls on Zimbabwe authorities to strike death penalty provision from latest draft of new Consitution.

July 26, 2012

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Amnesty International Honors Activist Jenni Williams for Inspiring Zimbabweans to Stand Up for Freedom and Basic Rights

Activist Jenni Williams, a founder of the social justice movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), who has endured dozens of…

March 26, 2012

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Amnesty International Demands that Zimbabwe Release Nine Activists Arrested Following Demonstration By Women of Zimbabwe Arise

Amnesty International today called on the Zimbabwean authorities to immediately and unconditionally release nine members of the activist organization, Women…

February 8, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls for Immediate Release of Human Rights Activists Arrested in Zimbabwe

Amnesty International said today it considers three Zimbabwean human rights activists arrested this week to be "prisoners of conscience" and…

December 8, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Forced evictions in Zimbabwe leave thousands of children without access to education

Forced evictions drive poor people deeper into poverty and leave them more vulnerable to other human rights violations. This report…

October 4, 2011

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Annual Report: Zimbabwe 2011

Head of state and government: Robert Mugabe Death penalty: retentionist Population: 12.6 million Life expectancy: 47 years Under-5 mortality (m/f):…

June 16, 2011

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Evidence of Serious Human Rights Abuses May be Lost in Zimbabwe as Bodies in Mass Grave Are Exhumed Improperly

Amnesty International is urging Zimbabwe’s authorities to turn to experts for help in exhuming hundreds of bodies found in a…

April 14, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders

Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 1, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights…

April 14, 2011

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Evidence of Serious Human Rights Abuses May be Lost in Zimbabwe as Bodies in Mass Grave Are Exhumed Improperly

Amnesty International is urging Zimbabwe’s authorities to turn to experts for help in exhuming hundreds of bodies found in a…

April 14, 2011

Press Release

Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights Defenders

Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 1, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Zimbabwean Authorities to End Harassment of Human Rights…

April 14, 2011

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Zimbabwe: Government must release Zimbabwe activist held for exposing human rights violations in diamond fields

Amnesty International today called on the Zimbabwean government to release an activist who was detained after he exposed...

March 27, 2011