Zimbabwe

Abductees found in police custody in Zimbabwe - 24 December 2008

Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), who was abducted from her home on 3 December, has been left by her abductors at Matapi Police Stati

Zimbabwe urged to end abductions of activists - 10 December 2008

Human rights groups have called on the Zimbabwe authorities to cease the persecution of human rights activists after five people were abducted in less than a week by

Zimbabwe: International Organizations Call for End to Abductions of Activists - 10 December 2008

(Johannesburg, December 10, 2008) – With three human rights defenders abducted in less than one week by people suspected of working on behalf of the Zimbabwean a

Video: Sixty years of human rights failure - 27 May 2008

Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.

Zimbabwean authorities target activists and trade unionists - 3 December 2008

A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawn on Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identified themselves as policemen.

Zimbabwe: Authorities must guarantee the safety of Jestina Mukoko - 3 December 2008

The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately disclose the whereabouts of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who was abducted from her home at dawn today by a group o

Zimbabwe's health system in chaos - 21 November 2008

As political parties argue between themselves, an outbreak of cholera is affecting nine out of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Major hospitals are failing to provide medica

WOZA activists released on bail in Zimbabwe - 6 November 2008

The leaders of Zimbabwean activist movement, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, have been released on bail after three weeks in detention.

Landslide UN vote in favour of developing an Arms Trade Treaty - 4 November 2008

One hundred and forty-seven states voted overwhelmingly at the United Nations on Friday to move forward with work on the main elements of an Arms Trade Treaty.

Zimbabwe's victims of violence can no longer wait for political solution - 31 October 2008

Amnesty International's new report graphically demonstrates the ongoing suffering of the Zimbabwean people, as the three main political parties struggle to form an i