Zimbabwe: Crackdown on activists in Zimbabwe

Index Number: AFR 46/004/2011
Date Published: 3 March 2011
Categories: Zimbabwe

Human rights and political activists in Zimbabwe are facing a major clampdown, with over 60 currently held in detention and many allegedly tortured. In Harare, 45 people have been charged with treason and face the death penalty if convicted. More activists have been arrested in Bulawayo and Manicaland province.