Zimbabwe Goes to the Polls

On March 29, Zimbabweans cast their ballots in presidential, parliamentary, senatorial and local council elections, the first synchronized elections since changes to the constitution in 2007. A Human Rights Watch report of March 29, “All Over Again: Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections,” documents serious electoral flaws and human rights abuses, primarily by the government and President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zimbabwe African National Union –Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), which have undermined a free and fair vote.  
 

 

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