Zimbabwe: Rights Commission Finally Finds Its Voice

30 August 2016

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), which was accused of partiality after rapping police for alleged brutality during opposition-led violent demonstrations, yesterday urged opposition parties to observe the Constitution and respect people's rights when demonstrating. ZHRC had received brickbats from legal experts and political analysts for condemning the police for thwarting violent protests while being mum on opposition violence.The protests were engineered by MDC-T, Zimbabwe People First and their cronies in civil society ahead of the 36th Sadc Summit.

They were organised under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) banner.

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