Civic space shrinking and freedoms declining in Zimbabwe, says Amnesty

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Civic space shrinking and freedoms declining in Zimbabwe, says Amnesty

Zimbabweans are marking forty-three years of independence from colonial rule amid the reality of a rapidly shrinking civic space, including criminalisation of dissent and targeting of political activists and human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today. Flavia Mwangovya, the Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa said Forty-three years after independence, authorities are […]

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