To view more evidence of the Mugabe regime's brutality click here (WARNING - these images may be disturbing to the viewer)
Zimbabwe has seen journalists murdered, newspapers banned, radio stations closed, free-expression advocates jailed and citizens denied access to the information needed to participate in decisions affecting their lives and communities. Under such conditions, citizens are also denied the security of an environment that allows for the protection of their human rights. ZIA Network plays a key role in addressing such threats by exposing violations and raising awareness of the dangers faced by individuals in many towns and villages across Zimbabwe who dare to criticize powerful figures.
Here are some images demonstrating how Mugabe and his colleagues try to persuade those who disagree with them. Most of this violence that left some maimed and others killed was a direct result of an election that saw Mugabe loosing to his long time rival.
Mugabe seems convinced that his legacy is: “freeing his people from colonialism”. But an examination of his conduct in the past 29 years shows a legacy of gross human rights abuse of the very people he claims to have liberated. These images are predominantly taken during the state sponsored violence unleashed after Mugabe lost an election in March 2008 to the opposition. The abuses were conducted in the name of his party ZANU (PF) and his government. Instead of prosecuting those who conducted these abuses, they were put on government payroll or given land as a ‘thank you gift’. The images here are goring and some of us would prefer not to see these images but ZIA Network refuse to look away from such abuses. None of the perpetrators of these crimes has been apprehended - in fact, those responsible are demanding amnesty from prosecution.
The right to freedom of expression, enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is widely recognized as a vital component of any legitimate democracy.
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