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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Activists Fined for Watching Arab Spring Videos

21st March 2012
A judge fined six Zimbabwean human rights activists 0 each on Wednesday for watching footage of the Arab Spring protests and threatened to send them to prison for 10 months if they fail to pay up by Monday.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's story of missed opportunities

1st March 2011
Lashias Ncube &nb....
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Zimbabwe: Art Exhibit Stirs Up the Ghosts of Zimbabwe’s Past

24th January 2011
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe — The exhibit at the National Gallery is now a crime scene, the artwork banned and the artist charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe. The picture windows that showcased graphic depictions of atrocities committed in the early years of Mr. Mugabe’s 30-year-long rule are now papered over with the yellowing pages of a state-controlled newspaper
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Zimbabwe: M&G wins bid for 'secret' Zim report

14th December 2010
The Mail & Guardian has again won in its bid to obtain a confidential report on the 2002 Zimbabwe presidential election at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans charged for discussing Egypt unrest

24th February 2011
By The Mail and Guardian A former Zimbabwean lawmaker and 45 others were charged with treason on Wed....
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Zimbabwe: Marange Diamond Field: Zimbabwe Torture Camp Discovered

8th August 2011
A torture camp run by Zimbabwe's security forces is operating in the country's rich Marange diamond fields, BBC Panorama has found.
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Zimbabwe: Diamond watchdog debates Zim mine 'abuses'

2nd November 2010
Members of the Kimberley Process diamond watchdog began talks in Jerusalem on Monday over whether to allow Zimbabwe to resume exports of the gemstone from its controversial Marange fields.
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe doesn't learn Egyptian lessons

23rd February 2011
By Sapa The US State Department says that Robert Mugabe had failed to heed the lessons from Ar....
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe election report back in court

8th March 2011
THE Presidency, in its appeal against the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment which ordered it to hand over a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe election to the Mail & Guardian newspaper, argues that sufficient evidence was placed before the courts in justifying the refusal of access to the report.
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Zimbabwe: Zim journalist arrested for police article

18th November 2010
Zimbabwe authorities on Wednesday arrested a journalist over a story alleging police were recruiting war veterans to take over senior posts ahead of next year's elections, media reported.
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Zimbabwe: Man spends two months in Zim jail with untreated wounds

24th November 2010
An alleged motorcycle thief spent two months in a Zimbabwe prison awaiting trial without receiving medical treatment for a police bullet wound, which left his intestines protruding through his stomach, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Diamond Controversy Brings Calls to Reform Kimberley Process

29th October 2010
An ongoing controversy surrounding diamonds from Zimbabwe is bringing about new calls to revise the Kimberley Process. Activists would like to see the diamond industry's certification structure do a better job in legitimizing diamond trading.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe fails to get go-ahead to export diamonds

5th November 2010
Conference organizers say the global diamond industry’s oversight body has upheld a ban preventing Zimbabwe from exporting its vast stockpile of diamonds from a large mine.
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Press Release: SADC Ministers Must Stand Up to Mugabe and Support the SADC Tribunal – Not Sabotage It

10th April 2011
JOHANNESBURG – With the rule of law under threat in much of the region, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers are meeting this week to decide the fate of the SADC Tribunal – amid growing fears that they will conspire to block individual access to the court, further imperilling human rights and long-term economic growth.
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Zimbabwe: Zanu Pf Officials to Be Questioned in Torture Trial

24th August 2010
By Alex Bell Top ZANU PF officials are set to face questioning in the High Court next week, in ....
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ZIMBABWE: Mining industry attracts child labour as economy picks up

14th October 2010
The economic upswing in Zimbabwe is luring workers under 18-years-old to the now bustling mining town of Shurugwi, about 350km south of the capital Harare in Midlands Province.
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Zambia: KK says no to homosexuality

21st October 2010
FORMER president Kenneth Kaunda has said homosexuality should not be tolerated in Zambia because it is against Bibilical teachings.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe journalist charged with defamation free on bail

27th November 2010
A Zimbabwe journalist charged with defamation over a story alleging that police recruited war veterans to take over senior posts has been released on bail, says his lawyer.
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Zimbabwe: Lack of resources derails justice delivery in Zim

17th November 2010
Most districts in Zimbabwe are operating with a single magistrate as understaffing continues to derail justice delivery, a chief magistrate said.
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Zimbabwe: US Protests Media Arrests in Zimbabwe

7th December 2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States on Wednesday protested the increasing number of arrests of journalists and civic activists ahead of the completion of constitutional reforms and proposed elections in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe: Call for ICC to probe 'Zanu-PF rape campaign'

21st July 2010
The International Criminal Court (ICC) must probe alleged crimes against humanity after Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's youth militia launched a campaign of rape during 2008 elections, a campaign group said on Wednesday. RICHARD INGHAM
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Judgment A Cause For Concern

2nd December 2011
Should we trust the government's bona fides when it says it has good reason to keep information from us, or is the onus on them to prove that we will all be better off if they hang onto their secrets?
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Zimbabwe: Harare Magistrate Drops Charges Against Zimbabwe Diamond Activist Farai Maguwu

22nd October 2010
Maguwu spent 31 days in jail in Mutare and Harare before he was freed on bail amid international protests and much controversy within the Kimberly Process which was considering certification of Marange diamonds
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe report case in Constitutional Court

11th January 2011
General's Report
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Zimbabwe: Presidency ‘Falls Short’ on Proof for Report Refusal

19th May 2011
THE Presidency and the Mail & Guardian newspaper were at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday over whether President Jacob Zuma should release a report compiled by justices Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe for former president Thabo Mbeki in the run-up to the hotly disputed Zimbabwean election in 2002.
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Zimbabwe: Zim again under spotlight at regional summit

13th August 2010
Southern African leaders meet on Monday in Namibia's capital, Windhoek, to discuss Zimbabwe's strained unity government and its refusal to adhere to rulings by a regional tribunal.
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Zimbabwe: Gay rights activist acquitted in Zimbabwe

26th July 2010
A Zimbabwean gay rights activist has been found not guilty of pornography charges after a police raid in May on his group's offices, his lawyer said on Monday. Ignatius Muhambi, an accountant for Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, was arrested along with office administrator Ellen Chademana during the raid.
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Zimbabwe: SA Court Rules for Zimbabwe Farmers

7th June 2011
A HOUSE at Kenilworth in Cape Town owned by the Zimbabwean government could be sold to defray the legal costs of three white farmers dispossessed of their land, the North Gauteng High Court ruled yesterday.
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Zimbabwe: Has Northern Zimbabwe chosen to hear no evil regarding secessionists?

17th March 2011
It appears 2011 will be full of fireworks and drama that may shake the Zimbabwean body politic to the core.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe police torch informal settlement

28th August 2010
Human rights groups on Friday accused Zimbabwean police of setting fire to an informal settlement in Harare, forcing about 250 people from their homes.
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