Zimbabwe

13 million people
660 USD GNI (PPP)
Internet:
Partly Free
Press:
Not Free
Not Free

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FREEDOM AT ISSUE BLOG

Zimbabwe’s Coup Has Not Set It Free

Paul Graham
Project Director, Southern Africa
November 21, 2017

Zimbabwe's military and its political allies hope to preserve their own positions in an authoritarian status quo.
Press Releases

Zimbabwe: Establish a Civilian Transitional Government

November 16, 2017

President Mugabe’s long era of misrule is being replaced by military rule — which could be something that could be worse for both Zimbabwe and all of southern Africa. 
Joint Letters

Joint Civil Society Statement: Zimbabwe Must Respect Freedom of Assembly and Human Rights

December 28, 2016

As the world celebrates Human Rights Day, Zimbabwe continues to disregard the basic rights of its citizens. In particular, the undersigned organizations take this opportunity to strongly condemn the government’s failure to respect and protect its citizens’ right to peacefully assemble, to express their opinions and to make peaceful demands on their government. An increasing number of citizens in Zimbabwe have been arrested and are facing prosecution for participating in peaceful protests. 
Press Releases

Zimbabwe: Government Proposes Tighter Controls over Social Media

August 8, 2016

The government of Zimbabwis introducing legislation to tightly restrict access to social media and monitor private communications. 

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Experts

Vukasin Petrovic

Senior Director for Program Strategy, Development and Learning

Vukasin Petrovic serves as the Senior Director for Program Strategy and as the Technical Director for USAID funded Human Rights Support Mechanism.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Elections, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights
Regions: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Signature Reports

Freedom in the World

Freedom on the Net

Freedom of the Press

Countries at the Crossroads

Special Reports

Change and ‘New’ Politics in Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans are showing the evidence of having been torn in all directions in the transitional period, according to a new poll sponsored by Freedom House and conducted by South African political analyst Susan Booysen and the Mass Public Opinion Institute in Harare.

Worst of the Worst 2007

Sudan, North Korea and Uzbekistan are prominent among the most repressive regimes in the world, according to a report released by Freedom House.  The study, “The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2007,” named seventeen countries with the worst records for political rights and civil liberties, and pointed to thirteen countries which have been on the list for five years or more.

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