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All Over Again: Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections

All Over Again

Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections

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Glossary of Acronyms

I. Summary

II. Methodology

III. Recommendations

To the Government of Zimbabwe

To Opposition Parties

To the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission

To the Southern African Development Community

To Local and International Observers

IV. Background

State-Sponsored Violence and Intimidation against Opposition Members and Human Rights Defenders in 2007

Failure of SADC Mediation Talks

V. Electoral Institutions and the Legal Environment

VI. Political Violence and Intimidation in 2007 and 2008

Beating of Members of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe by ZANU-PF Supporters in February 2008

Police response

Intimidation and Violence by ZANU-PF Supporters against Teachers in 2007 and 2008

Police Involvement in Incidents of Intimidation and Violence against the Opposition, Students, and NGOs in 2008

VII. Politicization of Agricultural Equipment and Grain and Marketing Board Distribution of Food

VIII. Government Restrictions on the Right to Freedom of Expression, Association, and Assembly

IX. Violations of Media Freedom

Unequal Access of the Opposition to the Media

X. Flaws in the Electoral Process in the Run Up to March Elections

Performance of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission

Commission composition issues

Other problems with voter registration and inspection of the voters’ roll

Minimal Voter Education

Restrictions on International Electoral Observers

XI. Conclusion

March 2008 Volume 20, No. 2(A)