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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

Sheet of paper Report

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

Press Release

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

Press Release

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

Press Release

Zimbabwe: Abuse of human rights continues under unity government

Amnesty International today called on President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai to fulfill their promise to reform state institutions.

March 27, 2011

Press Release

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

Press Release

Zimbabwe: Abuse of human rights continues under unity government

Amnesty International today called on President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai to fulfill their promise to reform state institutions.

March 27, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Zimbabwe: No chance to live: Newborn deaths at Hopley Settlement

In June 2010, Amnesty International found that pregnant women and girls at Hopley settlement, in Harare, are at risk of…

March 26, 2011