‘Govt violating citizens’ rights’

HUMAN rights organisations have lamented that Zimbabweans are still being denied freedom of assembly, as well as rights to basic services like clean water and housing.

In a joint statement to commemorate the International Human Rights Day yesterday, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said despite having a Constitution that protected people’s rights, many Zimbabweans suffered arbitrary evictions and demolitions of their houses.

“The people of Zimbabwe suffer from interlinked political, economic and social violations that include violations of the right to work, free expression, assembly and association, freedom from arbitrary evictions, the right to education, clean and potable water, access to information and the right to language and culture, among others,” read the joint statement.

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