Amnesty International today condemned the detention of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, saying that his detention was part of a sudden, sharp and dangerous crackdown on political opposition in the run-up to the elections.
“Morgan Tsvangirai should be released immediately – or charged with a recognizable criminal offense,” said Amnesty International.
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A group of Zimbabwean women activists are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment following their arrest at a peaceful demonstration in Harare.
Fourteen activists from the organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), including WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magadonga Mahlangu, were arrested on 28 May and are being held under harsh prison conditions.
Jenni Williams, national [...]

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When Amnesty International presented Report 2008 to the media at The Foreign Press Association in London on 27 May, several people involved in human rights campaigning around the world were invited as special guests. We caught up with three of them.
The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi, is [...]

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Zimbabwe Authorities Must End Violence
The African Union should immediately send election observers and human rights monitors to Zimbabwe to promote free and fair voting in the presidential runoff election on June 27, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the African Union Commission’s chair, Jean Ping.
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Amnesty International today warned that the violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis levels, and revealed that “war veterans” are forcibly recruiting local youths to attack perceived supporters of the opposition MDC (Movement for Democratic Change).
“Those who refuse to commit violence are assaulted and accused of being MDC supporters by the ‘war veterans’,” said Simeon Mawanza, [...]

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The Zimbabwe government’s politically motivated arrest of prominent human rights lawyer Harrison Nkomo raises fears of a broader crackdown on government critics, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Presidential runoff elections in Zimbabwe cannot be credible unless conditions are met for free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Security Forces Raid Opposition Headquarters
President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party and state security forces have sharply intensified a campaign of organized terror and torture against opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch said today. Armed riot police raided the Harare headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on April 25, 2008 and arbitrarily [...]

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All shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk that it may lead to increased human rights violations in Zimbabwe, said Amnesty International.
“The international community must not supply small arms to Zimbabwe until state sponsored violence has ceased and [...]

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Weapons Sale Does Not Accord With Being a Responsible Power
The Chinese government should immediately recall the shipment of weapons aboard the An Yue Jiang intended for Zimbabwe and currently off the coast of southern Africa, Human Rights Watch said today. In a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao released today (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/22/china18618.htm), Human Rights Watch urged [...]

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