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Amnesty International says failure of African leadership is ...
14 January 2009

Amnesty International harshly criticized the African Union’s (AU) lack of action on Zimbabwe, as detained Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko appeare

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Jestina Mukoko still in custody – African leaders silent ...
14 January 2009

Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko was abducted from herhome by armed state security agents, at around 5am on 3 December 2008.

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Abductees found in police custody in Zimbabwe | Amnesty ...
24 December 2008

Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), whowas abducted from her home on 3 December, has been left by her abductors atMatapi Police Stati

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Zimbabwe - a population on the edge of collapse | Amnesty ...
24 December 2008

Zimbabweans are facing yet another difficult year in 2009, unless apolitical settlement is found to arrest the fast deterioratingsocio-economic conditions in the ...

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Zimbabwe urged to end abductions of activists | Amnesty ...
10 December 2008

Human rights groups have called on the Zimbabwe authorities to ceasethe persecution of human rights activists after five people wereabducted in less than a week ...

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Zimbabwe: Enforced disappearance/Fear for Safety: Jestina Mukoko ...
5 December 2008

Human rights activist Jestina Mukoko was forcibly taken from her home by a group of at least 12 armed plain-clothes men who identified themselves as policemen on ...

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Zimbabwe: Security forces torture and kill
1 December 2008

During the 2008 elections in Zimbabwe, the security forces were directly involved in committing human rights violations against suspected opponents of the ZANU- ...

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Zimbabwe: Hunger as a political tool
1 December 2008

Food insecurity in Zimbabwe has reached unprecedented levels. The government has employed traditional leaders and political activists to deny suspected opponents ...

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Zimbabwe: Time for accountability
1 December 2008

People who have committed human rights violations have not been held to account for their crimes. Despite Zimbabwe's legal obligations to tackle impunity, members ...

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Zimbabwe's health system in chaos | Amnesty International
21 November 2008

As political parties argue between themselves, an outbreak of cholera is affecting nine out of Zimbabwe's tenprovinces. Major hospitals are failing to provide medica

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