Zimbabwe
Urgent action (good news): Zimbabwe. Detained activists released on bail.
- Posté par : John le 31 January 2012
Further information on UA: 353/11 Index: AFR 46/002/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012
Three Zimbabwean activists from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) who were arrested in December 2011 have been released on bail. Two charges against them have now been dismissed by a Magistrate. They continue to face a third charge of “undermining the authority of or insulting President Robert Mugabe”. Amnesty International believes that the activists were arrested solely as a result of their legitimate work advocating for media reforms and freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. [ Lire la suite » ]
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Urgent action (good news): Zimbabwe. WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu released.
- Posté par : John le 13 October 2011
Further information on UA: 55/11 Index: AFR 46/023/2011 Issue Date: 12 October2011
ZIMBABWE: WOZA leaders released.
Two leaders of the Zimbabwean social justice movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have been released from prison, and are due to appear in court on 12 December. They had been arrested in September, while attempting to join a peaceful march, and denied bail. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action: Zimbabwe: fears for safety of human rights defender, Abel Chikomo
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 14 March 2011
UA: 67/11 Index: AFR 46/006/2011 Issue Date: 11 March 2011
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 22 APRIL 2011 .
Check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
The director of a human rights NGO in Zimbabwe, Abel Chikomo, is at risk of arbitrary arrest and there is fear for his safety after he was summoned to the police station in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. Recently, many human rights activists have been arbitrarily arrested and tortured. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (follow-up): Activists held in solitary confinement
- Posté par : Barbel Conrads le 10 March 2011
FU UA: 55/11 Index: AFR 46/005/2011 Issue Date: 08 March 2011
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 19 APRIL 2011 TO:
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date
Thirty-nine of the 45 activists arrested in Harare on 19 February were freed after the treason charges against them were dismissed by a magistrate court. However, six activists remain in custody facing treason charges. Meanwhile, 24 activists arrested in Mutare, including a parliamentarian, had a hearing of the state’s appeal on bail postponed. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (good news): Zimbabwean human rights defender Farai Maguwu bailed
- Posté par : Barbel Conrads le 14 July 2010
Further information on UA: 128/10 Index: AFR 46/008/2010 Issue Date: 13 July 2010
Many thanks to all who sent appeals. No further action from the Urgent Action network is needed at this time.
On 12 July, Zimbabwean human rights defender Farai Maguwu was granted bail following more than one month in detention for carrying out his human rights work. He still faces a charge of “publishing or communicating false information prejudicial to the state” after he exposed human rights violations in Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields. [ Lire la suite » ]
Urgent action (good news): Thousands spared eviction in Zimbabwe
- Posté par : Marie-Francoise le 8 February 2010
Further information on UA: 196/09 Index: AFR 46/001/2010 Issue Date: 05 February 2010
Thousands of people in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, are no longer facing eviction from their market stalls and homes. Amnesty International has recently received formal notification that the threat of forced evictions had been withdrawn. [ Lire la suite » ]
