Tiseke Kasambala has researched Zimbabwe for the Africa division since 2004. During her time at Human Rights Watch, Kasambala has released several reports and briefing papers on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, including state-sponsored repression and violence, economic, social and cultural rights such as HIV/AIDS, and the right to housing. She has covered the disputed presidential elections in 2008, marked by government-sponsored violence, the 2005 parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe and the displacement of 700,000 Zimbabweans during mass evictions in 2005. Before joining Human Rights Watch, Kasambala worked as a campaigner and acting researcher on southern Africa for Amnesty International. She has a master's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Human Rights Watch Reports

Bashing Dissent: Escalating Violence and State Repression in Zimbabwe (May 2, 2007)

 "You Will be Thoroughly Beaten": The Brutal Suppression of Dissent in Zimbabwe (November 1, 2006)

No Bright Future: Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses and Squandered Progress in the Fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe (July 28, 2006)

Zimbabwe: Evicted and Forsaken (December 1, 2005)

Articles

"Repression of Opposition Continues to Escalate," All Africa, May 19, 2007

"Time is Running Out," The Sowetan, May 10, 2007

"Silence of the Lambs," All Africa, April 5, 2007