Zimbabwe: Human Rights Abuses Still Prevalent in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's poor state of human rights remains largely unchanged despite the adoption of a new constitution that has an expanded bill of rights which includes secondary rights like housing, health and education, civil society organisations (CSOs) have said.

Political activists are still experiencing arbitrary arrests and selective prosecution on frivolous allegations, while government has threatened to demolish illegal structures despite the unavailability of alternative accommodation -- a move dubbed Murambatsvina II.

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