Hurisa calls for Zim human rights abuses investigation

The African Commission on Human Rights and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has been called upon to investigate torture and other human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, including the latest police ban of May Day celebrations in some parts of the country.

Last week, police banned marches to commemorate May Day in Mutare and Kwekwe citing security reasons.

In a statement to the 49th session of the ACHPR that began last week, the Human Rights Institute of Southern Africa (Hurisa) called on the continental rights body to act to end impunity and human rights violations in Zimbabwe.

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