Zimbabwe: Inclusive Government Watch - Issue 30

30 August 2011
opinion

Media reports in July highlighted a notable development; namely, a stepping-up of SADC's continued efforts, led by South African President Jacob Zuma, to pull the Global Political Agreement (GPA) back on track for free and fair elections. This month, a total of 88 media articles were logged, recording breaches of the GPA.

Cases of violence, intimidation, hate speech, threats, abductions and brutality, and violations in the form of legal harassment of perceived opposition politicians and supporters made up the bulk of articles logged, with 29 articles recorded for each (33.0% of total). 8 articles (9.1% of total) comprised cases of deliberate non-cooperation with other partners of the GPA, while violations denying or abusing freedom of speech were represented by 7 articles (8.0% of total).

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