In Nkayi, law enforcement by @PoliceZimbabwe plumbed scary depths as some ZRP officers flogged more than 10 villagers & forced them to sing some liberation songs during a brutal crackdown conducted recently. The Nkayi villagers have asked ZRP authorities to take remedial action against some delinquent police officers, who ill-treated them by severely assaulting them & coercing them to sing some liberation songs. The 11 villagers, who reside in Tshayane village in Ward 6 in Nkayi in Matabeleland North province, who, include 3 teenagers, namely

The High Court has dismantled an archaic & obnoxious law, which several local authorities had abused for several years to demolish people’s houses across the country. In 2020, Chitungwiza Municipality issued & published a demolition order in the state-run Herald newspaper, wherein the local authority indicated that some residents with houses situated in specific areas of St Mary’s, Zengeza, Seke & Nyatsime suburbs in Chitungwiza, had to

We have ended the statelessness dilemma of 2 minor children by obtaining a court order compelling the Registrar-General (RG) to register their births&issue them with birth certificates within one week. This came after the RG&his subordinates had refused to do so for several years The 2 minor children, who are aged 10 & 12 years old, had been undocumented since birth & rendered stateless in the land of their birth for several years after RG Henry Machiri withheld the issuance of their birth certificates by demanding that their mother’s estranged husband,

In Chiredzi, we got lawyer Farai Chauke & 7 residents acquitted after standing trial for allegedly contravening provisions of MOPO Act, a repressive piece of legislation, which law enforcement agents have been abusing to ban opposition political party campaign rallies. Farai Chauke, a 42 year-old lawyer, of Chauke & Associates Legal Practitioners, who is based in Chiredzi in Masvingo province, had been on trial together with eight Chiredzi residents after they were arrested by @PoliceZimbabwe officers on 5 July 2023. Chauke was arrested

The slipshod discharge of duty by @PoliceZimbabwe is costing the law enforcement agency dearly as 2 High Court Judges have ordered them to pay US$13 000 to 2 victims of police brutality, who sued ZRP for negligence, after some police officers carelessly shot &wounded them in 2022 The 2 Chitungwiza residents Tashinga Mugwara, who was aged 19 years in 2022 & Pamela Muchazorwewa, were shot on 27 June 2022 while at a liquefied gas refuelling station at Taita Shops in Chitungwiza by some ZRP officers, who were reportedly pursuing a robbery suspect before they

Misdemeanours such as torturing people always come at a huge cost & induce acute pain to perpetrators as we have initiated processes to have salaries for 2 @ZPCS_PR officers garnished by SSB to pay a US$5 200 debt owed to a Harare resident, who successfully sued the duo after they tortured him in January 2022. In a letter written to the Director of SSB, Harare resident, Alex Tendai Gombedza, who is represented by @TinasheChinox & @PaidaSaurombe of @ZLHRLawyers, notified SSB that he would be applying for a garnishee order from a local court

2 errant @ZPCS_PR officers have learnt it the hard way that delinquency doesn't pay after they lost some personal household property following a lawsuit in which they were sued by an aggrieved Harare resident, who claimed compensation for unlawful assault. The 2 @ZPCS_PR officers Michael Nduna & Florence Chihambakwe, were sued for damages amounting to US$5 250 in their personal capacity by Harare resident Alex Tendai Gombedza after they accused him of passing through a prohibited area & assaulted him together with his friend Evidence Kutsawa, while they

When cornered to account for its officers' misdemeanors, @PoliceZimbabwe usually "sobers up" & they are currently pleading with us to stop processes meant to garnish money from the monthly salary of a police officer as a form of punishment for his misdemeanours after he severely assaulted a Chitungwiza resident, for allegedly violating curfew regulations. @TinasheChinox of @ZLHRLawyers in 2022 wrote a letter to ZRP CG Godwin Matanga notifying him of his intention to apply in court for a garnishee order against a ZRP

In Chiadzwa, villagers continue encountering horrific experiences with law enforcement agents & recently, we rescued 11 people by ending their over-detention after they were severely assaulted upon arrest by a joint crack team of @PoliceZimbabwe & soldiers. The 11 Chiadzwa villagers namely Daniel Nyazika, Midia Nyazika, Tinashe Nyazika, Mike Nyazika, Gift Nyazika, Crispen Mashande, Neyemai Chibuwe, Manuel Zvirimumoyo, Darlington Mwarumba, Albert Mudzimwa & Michel Chidzungu of Chingome village under Chief Marange in Manicaland

JUST IN: Because the right to education is sacrosanct, we have on behalf of a parent challenged an arbitrary directive compelling parents/guardians or students to buy exorbitantly priced uniforms sold exclusively by authorities at Goromonzi High School. Our lawyer @TinasheChinox issued an ultimatum to authorities at Goromonzi High School demanding that they rescind their decision of barring 2 minor children from attending lessons after opting not to purchase exorbitantly-priced uniforms sold solely by the school. The Headmaster

ZLHR BREAKING NEWS: We have stripped the state-run @zupcobus of its widely despised monopoly in the transport sector by outlawing legislation which created a domination for ZUPCO to provide bus & commuter omnibus transport services to passengers across Zimbabwe. The ban on private bus & commuter omnibus operators by govt in March 2020 made ZUPCO the only approved public transport provider, thereby spawning a major transport crisis in the country. This compelled our lawyer Josephat Tshuma, who represented Tshova Mubaiwa, a network of

Ahead of 2023 general elections, Zim authorities are intensifying onslaught against dissent by targeting perceived critics of President Mnangagwa & in Bindura, our lawyer Ernest Jena (pictured) recently rescued Tinashe Evans Wille by getting him released from police custody on bail after he was arrested & charged with insulting President Mnangagwa by allegedly denouncing the ZANU PF party leader. Wille, a resident of Chiwaridzo suburb in Bindura was charged with undermining authority of or insulting President Mnangagwa as defined in section 33 of

JUST IN: On behalf of Zim award winning, renowned novelist, filmmaker & cultural activist @EfieZethu & @jbcorporatex, a pro-democracy campaigner, we have asked the High Court to set aside the duo's conviction & sentence for allegedly taking part in an anti-govt protest in 2020. Dangarembga & Barnes were on 29 September 2022 convicted by Harare Magistrate Barbra Mateko & sentenced to pay ZWL70 000 each or 3 months imprisonment in default of the fine & in addition 3 months imprisonment wholly suspended for 5 years on condition that each of them does not

In his preview, Adv @Rex27, who wrote Chapter 2 titled "History of Public Interest Lawyering in Zimbabwe and Current Trends" says it is critical to record the "battles we have gone through so that others & future generations can learn from".

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@Rex27 says owing to sheer strength & commitment to values of human rights, @ZLHRLawyers has been able to offer legal safety nets to several human rights defenders & ordinary citizens & to take up matters of public interest.

ZLHR BREAKING NEWS: For causing 25 year-old Epworth resident, Pardon Chitongo to using a wheelchair for the rest of his life after recklessly & indiscriminately shooting at him during 2019 anti-govt protests, @PoliceZimbabwe was today ordered to pay him ZWL3.7 million as damages Chitongo was assisted by @fiona_iliff & @PaidaSaurombe of @ZLHRLawyers to sue @PoliceZimbabwe CG Godwin Matanga & Home Affairs Minister Hon. @KazembeKazembe3 for ZWL6.2 million as damages after he was shot by police officers on 14 January 2019. Chitongo was standing outside his

ZLHR Court Diary: We have escalated our bid to have @ARTUZ_teachers leader @OMasaraure released from prison where he has spent 25 days in detention since he was arrested for allegedly defeating/obstructing the course of justice & today his bail appeal will be heard at High Court. @OMasaraure is accused of tweeting about the arrest & detention of @ARTUZ_teachers SG @robohchere. Masaraure is represented by Tapiwa Muchineripi of @ZLHRLawyers

At Harare Magistrates, Zengeza West MP Hon. Job Sikhala & Chitungwiza North MP Hon. Godfrey Sithole are at court, where their lawyers are scheduled to continue with efforts to get them set free on bail. The 2 MPs spent the weekend in prison after they were arrested last week for allegedly inciting public violence.

@PoliceZimbabwe is paying dearly for negligence & on 6 May ZRP paid more than ZWL142 170 as compensation to a Harare woman who was tear-gassed by some law enforcement agents in 2019. The 58 year-old Mavis Muzari was left nursing injuries & hospitalised at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after 4 slipshod ZRP officers indiscriminately threw a teargas canister inside a commuter omnibus which landed on her lap. As a result of the negligent police conduct, Muzari

Some @PoliceZimbabwe officers have pleaded guilty to torturing Zororo Mazhawidza, a Harare woman, whom they brutalised last year. The 30 year-old woman was left bleeding from her private parts & nursing injuries after she was severely assaulted & tortured at Harare Central Police Station in the presence of her 1 month-old baby by two ZRP officers identified as Constable Murwisi & Constable Mandeya. Mazhawidza was assaulted by Constable Murwisi & Constable Mandeya, who arrested her on 10 March 2021 after accusing her of stealing a Pre-paid Command

JUST IN: In Mutare, after obtaining instructions from victims of delinquent conduct by some @PoliceZimbabwe officers, we served a letter on Officer Commanding ZRP in Manicaland Province requesting him to immediately investigate the reckless use of spikes by police officers which on Wednesday led to a fatal road traffic accident, loss of lives & injuries to some commuters aboard a commuter omnibus. Our lawyers @kelvinvada & Peggy Tavagadza told the Officer Commanding ZRP Manicaland Province that the actions of police officers in throwing metal

JUST IN: On behalf of @passengersasso1, we have given @zupcobus and @ministry_local 24 hours to provide an adequate fleet of buses & commuter omnibuses for public transportation & ease the challenges that passengers and commuters are currently facing. In the letter written by Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of ZLHR, we told @zupcobus & @ministry_local that failure to comply with the request will leave us with no option but to institute legal proceedings to compel them to do so as this failure to provide & supply adequate buses &