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This is the document that the ruling Zanu PF party says was penned by MDC secretary general Tendai Biti and the government is using it in trial against Biti. Biti faces treason charges.

Download MDC Transitional Plan Document.pdf

A document by the Human Rights Forum looking at whether elections in the country can be free and fair under the current situation.

Download Human_Rights_NGO_Forum_29_MARCH_2008_ELECTION_BRIEFING_PAPER.pdf

Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) has today launched a report entitled “The Effects of Fighting Repression with Love” which describes the violence that has been visited upon WOZA members. It states that ‘the government of Zimbabwe, instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in even peaceful demonstrations and protests. The members regularly experience ill-treatment at the hands of the Zimbabwean police when they are arrested for what, in most democratic countries, is normal civic activity. Over 2,500 women have spent time in police custody, most more than once, willing to suffer beatings and unbearable conditions in prison cells to exercise their constitutional rights and fundamental freedoms’.

Download The Effects of Fighting Repression - WOZA Report.doc

CPJ wrote at the end of January 2008 to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to encourage him to strengthen institutions dedicated to press freedom across sub-Saharan Africa .

Download Committee to Protect Journalists.doc

A letter being signed and sent to the Portuguese Prime Minister in protest to the invite sent to President Mugabe to attend the EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon.

Download Letter to José Manuel Barroso.doc

ZPP September Report featuring continued victimisation of opposition activists,

· Mashonaland East/ Midlands – Gender based violence continues with two cases of politically motivated rape recorded.

· Masvingo – Soldiers and war veterans have allegedly invaded and evicted farmers from some Sugar plantations in Chiredzi.

·Mashonaland West – Intra party violence over comments on Constitutional Amendment 18.

· Mashonaland Central - Some persons victimized for listening to Studio seven and reading the Zimbabwean Newspaper.

Download September 07 HRMR.doc

Gideon Gono's monetary review policy document presented 1 October 2007.

Download monetarystatement011007.pdf

MISA-Zimbabwe is today pleased to commission its publication, AIPPA Five Years On, a comprehensive report that chronicles the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act's (AIPPA) onslaught on media freedom, freedom of expression and the civil liberties of the citizens in general.

AIPPA Five Years On, is an updated sequel to our September 2004 publication, The Acesss to Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Two Years On, which was compiled by MISA-Zimbabwe in collaboration with Article 19: London which takes its name and purpose from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which protects the right to freedom of opinion and expression.


This report captures AIPPA's trail of destruction since its enactment in 2002 up to the second half of the year 2007. It describes the legislation, critiquing it and providing an overview on how it has been implemented and the impact this has had on the free flow of information and ideas in Zimbabwe . It also provides an overview of the context in which AIPPA operates, including other repressive laws and measures, which prevent independent perspectives from being voiced.



AIPPA Five Years On captures and projects in greater detail how AIPPA and other complementary restrictive legislations such as the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act), Constitutional Amendment No 17 Act, among others, have trampled fundamental rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly through the continued unlawful, arrests, assaults, harassment, intimidation and detention of journalists, human rights activists and leaders of opposition political parties and other citizens deemed oppositional by the government.



MISA-Zimbabwe cherishes your continued support and assistance towards the advancement of its shared mission and vision for the creation of a Zimbabwe in which the media enjoys freedom of expression, independence from political, economic and commercial interests, pluralism of views and opinions as a principle means of nurturing democracy and human rights as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration on Promoting Free and Independent Media.


Your views and comments on this publication will be greatly appreciated.

Warm Regards

Rashweat Mukundu
National Director
Media Institute of Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
84 McChlery Drive
Eastlea
P.O Box HR 8113
Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel: 263 4 776165 / 746838
misa@misazim.co.zw
www.misazim.co.zw

Download AIPPA_Five_Years_On__A_Trail_of_Destruction.pdf

Rory Peck Awards 2007 Entry Form

Download entryform07_final.pdf

Rory Peck Awards 2007

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God hears the cries of the oppressed is the title of the pastoral letter by Catholic Bishops on the Crisis in Zimbabwe, attacking the Zimbabwe government for being responsible for the political and economic crisis resulting in the suffering of the masses.

Download Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter.pdf

An Edition of the banned Daily News produced by Amnesty International as the World marks World Press Freedom Day.

Download Daily_News_in_Exile_2007_for_websites.pdf

A ruling made by the British High Court following an appeal against last August's ruling allowing the British government to resume deportations of failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers.

Download AA__Zimbabwe Doc.doc

A letter to the Namibian President from his country's human rights groups condemning the Zimbabwe Government on human rights abuses and the worsening crisis in the country.

Download OPEN_LETTER_TO_POHAMBA_1_.doc

EU February 2007 Resolution on Zimbabwe - extending targeted sanctions.

Download Zimbabwe 07 September 2007.pdf

List of top Zimbabwe officials on targeted list of sanctions from the European Union.

Download Zimbabwe ban list 2007.pdf

RBZ Governor Gideon Gono's 2006 year-end Monetary Statement Report.

Download Governor_s_Presentation_Copy_MPs_Dec[2]._2006__Edited_.doc

A report by Unicef on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

Download Zimbabwe_extract_UNICEF_HUMANITARIAN_ACTION_REPORT_2007.doc

Letter from the International Bar Association (IBA)to Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa on the continued harassment and intimidation of human rights lawyer, Arnold Tsunga.

Download Arnold_Tsunga_harrasement.doc

WOZA's People's Charter.

Download People's Charter.doc

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum's November Political Violence Report.

The month of November saw the annual celebration of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence by various sectors of the Zimbabwean society countrywide. Ironically, in a country which would seem devoted to the issues of the protection of women and men against politically motivated gender violence, as exemplified by the debates on the Domestic Violence Bill in Parliament, the month of November saw no exception in the harassment of women who were celebrating this event.

Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were assaulted and arrested by anti-riot police for holding a demonstration in Bulawayo to commemorate the 16 days of Activism against Gender Violence and to launch a document the group calls ‘The People’s Charter’.

The Forum noted with concern the Government of Zimbabwe’s continued assault on members of WOZA in 2006.

Download November_2006_MPVR_1_.doc

The report looks at the state of the media in Zimbabwe where oppressive media laws have seen the closure of newspapers and related things.

Download State_of_the_Media_Report_2006_Final.doc

This is a report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on the violations by the police, intelligence and the army in Zimbabwe. The report examines the involvement of state agents in the perpetration of human rights violations particularly the Zimbabwe Republic Police. For the full report visit the following link: http://www.hrforumzim.com/frames/inside_frame_special.htm

Download Executive_Summary_for_Police_report_by_Human_Rights_Forum___Dec_06.doc

A report by Crisis in Zimbabwe and others on the Africa Solidarity visit to Zimbabwe, the situation in the country and the way forward.

Download African[1].Solidarity.Visit.to.Zimbabwe.pdf

This report is about widespread concern over the escalation of politically motivated violence against women over the last six years.

The report, “A Woman’s Place is in the Home?” examines violence against women and is published in solidarity with the international 16 days of activism against gender based violence.

Download 2006_12_05_Gender_Based_violence_and_Opposition_Politics_in_Zim.doc

THIS IS A WEEKLY UPDATE OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE ZIMBABWEAN MEDIA - LOOKING AT HOW VARIOUS STORIES WERE TACKLED ETC

Download 2006_11_26_MMPZ_47th_weekly_Media_Update.doc

THIS DOCUMENT LAYS OUT WOZA'S CHARTER IN SHONA, ENGLISH AND NDEBELE.

Download The_People_s_Charter___English___FINAL.doc

Hansard record of the House of Lords debate on Zimbabwe's crisis on 19 October 2006.

Download UK Parliament Debate.doc

This is the Bill that seeks to protect women and men from domestic violence, which the government of Zimbabwe says is responsible for 60 percent of all murders in the country.

Download Domestic_Violence_Bill_2006_HB_9_2006[1].doc

A report by Doctors who examined ZCTU leaders who were assaulted by the police on 13 September 2006.

Download ZADHR_2006_10_04[1].doc

A document penned by the Human Rights Forum of Zimbabwe detailing political violence for the month of August, 2006.

Download 2006_09_29_August_Political_violence_Report.doc

The Zimbabwe Peace Project, special edition of the "Politicisation of Food and Other Forms of Aid report".

Download Politicisatio_of_food_and_other_forms_of_aid_report2.doc

This is the EU Parliament's latest resolution on the crisis in Zimbabwe.

Download EU Parliament Resolution on Zimbabwe.doc

MMPZ's weekly media update.

Download 2006_08_04_MMPZ_31st_Weekly_Media_Update.doc

THIS YEAR'S OPEN FORUM WOULD BE LOOKING AT SKILLS AND REBUILDING ZIMBABWE. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED.

Download OPEN_FORUM_2006.doc

THE ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM VIOLENCE REPORT FOR JUNE 2006.

Download 2006_07_31_June2006MPVR.doc

This is an article by Dr Reynolds, a former Chief Economist with the late Finance Minister, Bernard Chidzero. He looks at what can be done to help save Zimbabwe and related issues.

Download A Trusteeship for Zimbabwe.doc

This is an exploratory article by Deprose T. Muchena, a research and policy analyst based in Harare. Here he looks at China's growing influence and interest in southern Africa and Zimbabwe in particular. Muchena's research areas of interest are democracy, governance, economic policy and regional integration in the sub-region.

Download China_in_Zimbabwe_by_Deprose_Muchena.pdf

Analysis of human rights cases from 1998 to 2006 by the Human Rights NGO Forum.

Download Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Foru1.doc

The document, penned by MISA Zimbabwe, gives an analysis of the controversial Interception of Communications Bill that is set to be tabled in Parliament by the Zimbabwe government soon.

Download Interception_of_Comms_Bill.doc

A copy of the speech given by Zimbabwe's Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa at the first session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Download zimbabwe.pdf

Developing a new 'Constitutional culture' in response to the crisis in Zimbabwe. This is a paper given by Dr Alex Magaisa at the inaugural Basker Vashee Memorial Lecture at de Balie, in Amsterdam recently. He speaks on Zimbabwe's crisis, touching on the ruling Zanu PF party, the opposition MDC, Civic Society Organisations and many other issues.

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The weekly update from the MMPZ. The report focuses on among other things, the gazette of the Interception of Communications Bill and the economic decline in the country.

Download The Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe-06-06.doc

THE month of March saw a rise in torture incidents of torture in the country, the monthly report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum revealed today. Read the full report here.

Download 2006_05_02_March_Political_Violence_Report.doc

Zimbabwe Exiles Forum, a South African based organisation released on 12 and 26 April 2006 press statements on President Mugabe’s negotiations for immunity and South Africa’s Freedom Day. See the attached statements.

Download ZEF_press_statement_re_Mugabe_immunity.doc

The Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) produces a monthly report on the media in Zimbabwe. In its April issue, the MMPZ says the state media in Zimbabwe has sunk to new levels of being used as mindless messengers of inflammatory language.

Download 2006_04_27_MMPZ_16th_Weekly_Media_Update.doc

JOURNALISM in Zimbabwe has changed over the past few years. Gains made in the past decade were reversed as the government introduced draconian media laws to tighten their grip on power. This document was written by Blessing Ruzengwe, a member of the Association of Zimbabwe Journalists in the UK, as part of his MA studies at the City University in London. He looks at the state of journalism in his homeland where he worked for the State media.

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THE government of Zimbabwe announced in March it will soon be introducing laws allowing it to snoop on e-mails, telephone calls and other communications, all seen as a bid to crush rising opposition and dissent. This law will impact heavily on the media, the opposition, dissident Zanu PF members and legislators as the succession rift grows, business people and all thought to be against Robert Mugabe’s continued rule.
The proposed legislation — the Interception of Communications Bill — will give powers to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, the Commissioner of police and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to spy on citizens’ phones and e-mails and use the information gleaned through spying for its operations. The information obtained in this way this will now be admissible as evidence in court.

Download ICB DRAFT.doc

This is a report by the Solidarity Peace Trust. It is an in depth study of the impact of Operation Taguta/Operation Command Agriculture on rural communities, particularly those in Matabeleland. The report shows how this operation contributes to the increasing militarization of the State, through deployment of the army in the farms. It also highlights the suffering Operation Command Agriculture entails despite government claims to the contrary.

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The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum February Political Violence report reveals there were over 1000 human rights violations last month. The report points out the increase in retributive human rights violations including the wrongful death of an infant who was shot by a police officer.

Download 2006_03_28_February_Political_Violence_Report.doc

MMPZ's weekly media update.

Download MMPZ weekly media update.doc

This is a letter written to Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki, over the raid and attacks by the police on The Standard Group and its reporters.

Download IWMF letter.doc

The document by the MMPZ looks at media events in Zimbabwe for the past week. The MMPZ produces the report weekly.

Download MMPZ weekly media update.doc

This is a report done by the CPJ on Zimbabwean journalists living in the diaspora.

Download CPJreport_Zim_exile_DA_fall_05.pdf

The African Commission on Human and People's Rights earlier this month urged the government of Zimbabwe to, among many other things, repeal or amend sections of the Constitution that oppress the people. Some of the issues include upholding the principle of separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. Of concern to many inand outside Zimbabwe are oppressive laws such as AIPPA and POSA. This document is a bulletin from the meeting in Banjul.

Download human rights-website.doc

ZIMBABWEAN journalists have for the past six years been subjected to cruel government laws that have seen newspapers being closed down, journalists failing to earn for their extended families and over 50 of them and their boses have been arrested, intimidated and harrassed. The obnoxious Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA)has been responsible for the misery in the profession. Many campaigns have been launched to have the Act and others like POSA repealed. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) reports that Zimbabwe is now reviewing the oppressive law.

Download media-website.doc