The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum

Dear friends

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has today issued the political violence report for October. In the report The Human Rights Forum is concerned at the heavy handedness in which state security agents, especially members of the ZRP, have dispersed peaceful demonstrations. The Human Rights Forum also remains concerned about the continued involvement of members of the ZNA in civilian activities

such as food distribution and the dispersion of MDC members attending rallies. The Human Rights Forum urges the authorities to stop criminalizing peaceful protest activities and implores the police to desist from the gratuitous use of force against peaceful demonstrators.

http://www.hrforumzim.com/monthly/octoberMPVR2008.pdf



In other issues we note the strong statement made by the Secretary General of the Commonwealth at the start of the week where he states concern over food, health and sanitation situation in Zimbabwe. Find the full statement on http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/34580/34581/185822/081208zimbabwecrisis.htm



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The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has been in existence since January 1998. The Forum consists of 16 Zimbabwean human rights organisations. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum operates a Research and Documentation Unit and offers legal services through the Public Interest Unit from the Headquarters in Harare, in addition to the information service that is offered internationally from the International Liaison Office. For more details consult our webpage http://www.hrforumzim.com