Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court rejected a case on Wednesday alleging that President Robert Mugabe is unfit to hold office because of his age, holding that the applicant failed to follow proper court filing procedures. Mugabe, who has been in...
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The Harare High Court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday upheld a 30-day ban against protests in the capital. The lawsuit was brought by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on behalf of many organizations, and challenged the ban based...
Zibwabwe's High Court on Wednesday struck down a ban on protests that had been issued by the police. The two-week ban was issued by police last week after some of the worst public violence in two...
Zimbabwe: more than 2,000 prisoners released over congestion, food shortage
More than 2,000 inmates across Zimbabwe were granted amnesty and released from prison due to overcrowding and a lack of food, according to a report Thursday. President Robert Mugabe, who extended the pardon under the Constitution...
President Kagame Can Preserve His Legacy by Retiring in 2017
JURIST Guest Columnist James Tugee of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses how Rwandan President Paul Kagame can save his legacy by retiring, despite recent amendments extending his term limits... On December 18, 2015, Rwandans voted in a...
The chief prosecutor of Zimbabwe was charged Tuesday with obstructing justice after he dropped a case against the men accused of plotting to bomb a dairy operated by members of President Robert Mugabe's family. He was officially...
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Thursday announced amendments to the nation's foreign investor law in an effort to stimulate Zimbabwe's stagnant economy. The ambiguously-worded Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Bill of 2007 required all foreign companies...
JURIST Guests Netsanet Belay and Solomon Sacco of Amnesty International discuss two recent cases in which states have used diplomatic immunity as a pretext for not executing arrest warrants for visiting public officials who are wanted for crimes under international...
The EU General Court on Wednesday upheld sanctions placed on individuals and companies in Zimbabwe. The action, brought in 2012 by Zimbabwe's Attorney-General Johannes Tomana and 120 other individuals, challenged sanctions first imposed in 2002 as...
Amnesty urges Zimbabwe president to address African rights concerns
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to address human rights concerns in Zimbabwe and other parts of the African continent. AI wants Mugabe to utilize his position of Chairperson of the...