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Zimbabwe
General Resources, Politics, and Human Rights

• Action for Southern Africa: Zimbabwe -- Latest campaign news (2008) -and- other updates since April 2007 (London, UK)
  A London-based, international human rights NGO reviews situation in Zimbabwe in early 2007. "ACTSA is a democratic not-for-profit organisation funded by its members and supporters. Individual members and affiliated trade unions, union branches and local groups shape our agenda and lead our campaigns."
  
  
• Amnesty International on Zimbabwe--Profile & Updates (New York)
  
  
• "Breaking the silence, building true peace: A report on the 1980s Disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands, March 1997." (April 1999) (via ZWNews.Com, London, UK)
  A copy of the report originally compiled by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace In Zimbabwe.
  
  
• Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amended, 2005) (via Kubatana.Net, Harare, Zimbabwe)
  
  
• The Council on Foreign Relations on Zimbabwe (Washington, DC)
  Commentary and analytical reports on Zimbabwe, including:
  -- Special report: "Planning for post-Mugabe Zimbabwe" by Michelle D. Gavin (October 2007)
  
  
• Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (via Kubatana.Net, Harare, Zimbabwe)
  A brief profile of this NGO coalition, contact information, and web links to the civil society organizations of the coalition.
  
  
• Elections in Zimbabwe: March 2008 and in the recent past
  • 2008 Zimbabwe electoral candidates and Articles archive on 2008 elections in Zimbabwe (via Kubatana.Net, Harare, Zimbabwe)
    
    
  • "Can the elections in Zimbabwe be free and fair in the current environment?" (March 2008) Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum briefing (Harare, Zimbabwe)
    
    
  • Human Rights Watch report on "flawed electoral conditions" in Zimbabwe, March 2008
    
    
  • Sokwanele -- "Zimbabwe Election Watch 2008" (Zimbabwe Civic Action Group)
    
    
  • Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Zimbabwe: A Special Report" (April 2008) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
    
  • Solidarity Peace Trust -- Election Updates (February-March 2008) (South Africa) PDF format
    
    
  • The Zimbabwean (Online) on the Elections of 2008 (London, UK)
    
    
  • Africa Action's selected reports from Zimbabwe election observers (March 14,2002) (Washington, DC)
    -- Commentary in pre-election days (February 2002)
  • Electoral Institute of Southern Africa on Zimbabwe 2002 Elections (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
  • Movement for Democratic Change: Election News -- current and previous
    
  • Southern African Research and Documentation Centre: Elections 2000 Sustainable Democracy: Zimbabwe (June 2000)
    
  • Zimbabwe Election Support Network, 2000-2002, plus recent updates in 2006-2007 (Harare, Zimbabwe)
    A Zimbabwe-based NGO [estab. in 1998] offering public education and analysis on the election process and the results in Zimbabwe, with related documents and reports.
  
  
• Foreign Policy in Focus: "Zimbabwe: intersection of human rights, land reform, and regional security" by Carol Thompson (February 2001) Global affairs commentary. (Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque and Silver City, New Mexico ; Institute of Policy Studies, Washington, DC)
  See also, the home page of Foreign Policy in Focus.
  
  
• Government of Zimbabwe Home Page (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Alternative source for basic information:
    The Embassy of Zimbabwe to the United States, Washington, DC
  
  
• Human Rights First: Human Rights Crisis in Zimbabwe, 2003-2004 (New York)
  Formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
  Current and recent news reports on human rights situation in the country.
  
  
• Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  This site includes annual reports, press releases, monthly reports on political violence and human rights, special reports, etc.
  -- See especially: Monthly Political Violence Reports -and- Special Reports
  
  
• SAHRIT--Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  The website features reports on SAHRIT activities, recent news from the region, and related links. "[Established in October 1996] SAHRIT engages its stakeholders through three main programmes, Human Rights Training and Capacity Development; Good governance, Anti Corruption and Ethics and Child Rights programmes."
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on Zimbabwe (New York and Washington, DC)
  • HRW on Zimbabwe: latest news and reports
  • "All over again: human rights abuses and flawed electoral conditions in Zimbabwe's coming general elections" (March 2008) Human Rights Watch report; vol.20, no. 2(A) (48 pages in PDF format)
    
    
  • "Bashing dissent: escalating violence and state repression in Zimbabwe" (May 2007)
    
  • "'You Will Be Thoroughly Beaten': the brutal suppression of dissent in Zimbabwe" (November 2006)
  • "Unprotected migrants: Zimbabweans in South Africa's Limpopo Province" (August 2006)
  • "No bright future: goverment failures, human rights abuses and squandered progress in the fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe" (July 2006)
  • "Zimbabwe: Evicted and forsaken: internally displaced persons in the aftermath of Operation Murambatsvina" (December 2005)
  • Zimbabwe's non-governmental organizations bill: out of sync with SADC standards and a threat to civil society groups (December 2004)
  • Not eligible: the politicization of food in Zimbabwe. (October 2003) By Peter Takirambudde et al. -- New York ; Washington, DC : HRW, 2003.
  • "Under a shadow: civil and political rights in Zimbabwe." (June 2003)
  
  
• Institute for Security Studies on Zimbabwe (Pretoria, South Africa)
  • Zimbabwe country profile, situation reports, research and documentation, 2002--
  • Zimbabwe's turmoil: problems and prospects. Edited by Richard Cornwell. ISS monograph ; no. 87. -- Pretoria, South Africa: ISS, 2003.
    An online book in PDF format, with chapters by Brian Kagoro, John Makumbe, John Robertson, Patrick Bond, Edward Lahiff.
  
  
• International Crisis Group on Zimbabwe, 2000-- (Washington, DC ; Brussels, Belgium)
  • "The ICG is a private, multinational organisation committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to understand and respond to impending crises. ICG's approach is grounded in field research ... and advocacy."
  • ICG Home Page (General)
  
  
• Kubatana -- The NGO Network Alliance Project (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • "An online community for Zimbabwean activists": a clearinghouse website for information about NGO activities in Zimbabwe in all social and economic domains -- including human rights; plus related links to organizations outside the country.
  • Solidarity Peace Trust: "'Meltdown' - Murambatsvina one year on" (August 2006) (PDF or WORD formats)
  • Public Order and Security Act, January 22, 2002
  • Access to Information Act, March 15, 2002 -- plus June 2003 Amendment
  • All major legislative acts, 2001-2002
  
  
• "The Media and Zimbabwe" Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. (Online), November 2005 (University of Westminster, London, UK)
  
  
• Media Institute of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe Chapter: The State of the Media Report 2003 December 17, 2003. (via Kubatana; Harare, Zimbabwe)
  
  
• Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (2006) (Harare)
  "MMPZ is an independent trust that works to promote responsible journalism in Zimbabwe. This is achieved through monitoring and analysis of news and current affairs on radio, television and the print media." For reports since 2006, see Kubatana--Archive for Media Sector.
  
  
• Movement for Democratic Change Home Page (Harare)
  Current news and policy statements from the main political party in opposition in Zimbabwe.
  
  
• Mutare Official Home Page (2006) (via Intersol [Utande Internet Services], Zimbabwe)
  
  
• NiZA--The Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Watch: reports and analyses on the internet (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  
  
• PBS Frontline World: "Zimbabwe: Shadows and Lies" (Public Broadcasting Service, New York)
  The web site for an American public television program covering the situation in Zimbabwe in 2006, with online video excerpt, transcripts of extended interviews with Zimbabweans, and related information.
  
  
• SAHRIT--Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (See above)
  
  
• Sokwanele -- Zvakwana -- Enough is Enough: Zimbabwe Civic Action Group (Zimbabwe?)
  Reports and commentaries on human rights situation in Zimbabwe....especially "Election Watch" 2008; plus links to other sites.
  
  
• Solidarity Peace Trust (South Africa)
  "To assist individuals, organisations, churches and affiliated organisations in southern Africa, to build solidarity in the pursuit of justice, peace and social equality and equity in Zimbabwe."
  -- See especially: Election Updates (February-March 2008) PDF format
  
  
• Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)
  A portal for human rights and legal assistance efforts in the region, plus current news on related matters in Zimbabwe and the region.
  
  
• United States on Zimbabwe (Washington, DC)
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Zimbabwe (2008)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State
    • U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
    
    
  • United States Institute of Peace: Zimbabwe and the politics of torture, August 2002
    A report by John Brinkley based on a "Current Issues Briefing" held on June 25, 2002.
  
  
• ZANU-PF: Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Party Home Page (Harare)
  The "official home page" of the majority party-in-government. Party documents include those on a history of the party, cabinet ministers, parliamentary debates, land resettlement, presidential page, and press releases.
  
  
• Zimbabwe Democracy Trust (2005) (London, UK)
  A UK-based lobby group in opposition to the ZANU-PF goverment in Harare.
  
  
• Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  "ZLHR is committed to upholding respect for the rule of law and the unimpeded administration of justice, free and fair elections, the free flow of information and the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms in Zimbabwe and the surrounding region."
  
  
• Zimbabwe Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)