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Zimbabwe: voting ZANU for food: rural district council and Insiza elections, August to October 2002 |
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Physicians for Human Rights Denmark |
| Edition |
PDF ed. |
| Published |
Risskov: PHR DK |
| Year |
2002-11-20 |
| Pages |
60 |
| Abstract |
This report documents that in the second half of 2002 in Zimbabwe, a deliberate government policy of torture and ill treatment is still being practised by government supporters against their political opponents with impunity by the authorities. Attacks on independent voices in the media, the judiciary and civil society have indeed continued, and are predicted to escalate yet further in the next few months, in the form of further repressive legislation, as well as attacks on individuals. Government officials, in the last few months, have ignored court rulings and condoned attacks on court officials who made rulings unfavourable to government. The appointment of a new Minister of Home Affairs appears to have coincided with an escalation of reported torture perpetrated by the police. The most significant findings in this report relate to political abuse of food: in the last four months, manipulation of food was directly related to elections. The threat of being deliberately starved by the Government if the opposition won votes, was used to profoundly influence vulnerable rural voters in recent elections in Zimbabwe.
> www.phrusa.org/healthrights/phr_denmark.html |
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phr-dk20021120.pdf (598 Kb) |
| Country |
Zimbabwe |
| Themes |
- Conflict
- Demography
- Elections
- Health
- Human rights
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