Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)

‘Chihuri’s wife, used armed police guard to illegally detain former tenant (24hrs) to clean up their filthy Greendale home’

Posted on December 15, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s wife, Isabel, has been caught up in a row with a former tenant, who allegedly left Chihuri’s house she was renting in Greendale in a filthy condition. Esnath Zuze, through her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, instructed by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), accused Chihuri of illegally detaining her for 24 hours under armed police guard, as she was ordered to clean the house she had been occupying since 2007….

‘Human rights lawyers, search for several political and human rights activists, reported missing after arrests by state security agents’

Posted on August 28, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

HUMAN rights lawyers on Friday 26 August 2016 endured a hectic day as they mounted searches for several political and human rights activists, who were reported missing after they were picked up by some state security agents and police officers in a retributive exercise following the suppression of anti-government protests. In Harare’s Glenview high-density suburb, some unidentified armed men raided the home of Kerina Dewah, a 61 year-old women, who serves as the Vice…

Education Ministry Probes Schools Defying ‘National Pledge’

Posted on May 15, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will investigate cases of schools that are reportedly resisting a directive to teach pupils to recite the National Schools Pledge, an official has said. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango on Friday said although no official reports had been made, it had learnt through the media that some schools were not reciting the pledge. Sunday News reported that some church, trust and private schools around…

Ex-cop Arrested For Publicly Claiming ‘Mugabe Is Hopeless- He Has Lost His Marbles’

Posted on February 28, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Harare – POLICE have arrested a former policeman for allegedly claiming President Robert Mugabe has gone insane and was now incapable of solving the country’s myriad problems. Fredy Munemo, 42, was on Wednesday charged with insulting the country’s long time ruler and his wife Grace in contravention of Section 41 (b) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. Police at Harare Central Police’s Law and Order division charged Munemo for allegedly “engaging…

Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights, Statement On Arrest Of Prosecutor General Tomana

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is disturbed by the arrest and detention of the Prosecutor General, Johannes Tomana, on 1 February 2016 and his appearance in court the following afternoon on charges of criminal abuse of office or alternatively obstructing the course of justice. The independence of the prosecutorial authority in Zimbabwe is constitutionally protected. Further safeguards exist under regional and international law. These provisions empower prosecutors to exercise their functions impartially…

Kariba Pastor Demands ‘Mugabe Must Concede Failure And Step Down Immediately’

Posted on January 7, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

OUTSPOKEN Kariba church leader, Patrick Mugadza, who attracted global attention last month after he staged a solo demonstration at the Zanu PF national conference in Victoria Falls, accusing government of fuelling poverty through maladministration, yesterday called on President Robert Mugabe to concede failure and step down immediately. Addressing journalists in the capital, Mugadza, who is currently on US$50 bail following his arrest, said he was ready to face “any consequences” arising from his remarks. The…

Rural Teachers Union Of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Leaders Released

Posted on January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Newzimbabwevision has just been informed that the Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) leaders of today’s protester who were assaulted and arrested by the violent Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) who broke up today’s demonstrations as they approached Parliarment House have now been released. Riot police officers swooped on protesters and arrested the Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) leaders including RTUZ president Obert Masaraure, RTUZ secretary general Robson Chere , and RTUZ Programs Officer-Pride Mukono were then taken to Harare Central…

Police Arrest Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Protest Union Leaders

Posted on January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda has said police in Harare have arrested three union leaders after assaulting and blocking some peaceful protesters who staged a demonstration against the government’s failure to remunerate civil servants. “Anti-riot police officers on Monday 04 January 2016 arrested Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) leaders Obert Masaraure, Robson Chere and Pride Mukono and detained them at Harare Central Police Station after breaking up an anti-government…

Corporal Punishment Of Juveniles Is, Primitive, Unconstitutional, Traumatic, Inhumane, Cruel, Physical & Psychological Torture.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHIEF Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on Wednesday reserved judgement in a case in which lawyers are seeking the outlawing of judiciary corporal punishment on grounds that it violates and degrades male juveniles. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which is represented by Tendai Biti in the case between the juvenile and the state, argue that Section 353 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act is unconstitutional and is an attempt by the State to drag…

PROSECUTOR GENERAL, ‘JOHANNES TOMANA’ JAILED 30 DAYS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT’

Posted on October 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PROSECUTOR General (PG) Johannes Tomana was Wednesday given a 30-day jail term for contempt of court after he defied court orders to issue certificates of private prosecution of Munyaradzi Kereke and Telecel’s Jane Mutasa. Tomana was jailed by a full Constitutional Court bench led by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku. The sentence was, however, wholly suspended on condition that Tomana issues the private prosecution certificates to Francis Maramwidze and Telecel within 10 days, failure…

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