{"id":17360,"date":"2019-12-29T18:50:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=17360"},"modified":"2019-12-29T18:50:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T16:50:59","slug":"zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Faces A Constant Threat Of Total Breakdown Of Human Rights \u2013 ERC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabweans are still far from having their basic human rights respected by the government under the so-called \u201cNew Dispensation\u201d as evidenced by the brutal crackdown on protesters in January.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the recent Harare launch of a report on the 2019 electoral climate,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/The_Election_Resource_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Election Resource Centre (ERC)<\/a>\u00a0executive director Tawanda Chimhini said:<\/p>\n<p>The January protests, the closure of democratic space in terms of demos, the beatings of citizens by the police; these were huge red flags that reminded us that we are not out of the woods yet.<\/p>\n<p>They reminded us that the threat of the total breakdown of human rights in Zimbabwe is real.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2019, the government deployed security forces across the country to quell riots that were triggered by an unprecedented fuel price hike that had been announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that at least 17 people were killed, hundreds seriously injured, more than 1 000 arrested and scores of women raped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabweans are still far from having their basic human rights respected by the government under the so-called \u201cNew Dispensation\u201d as evidenced by the brutal crackdown on protesters in January. Speaking after the recent Harare launch of a report on the 2019 electoral climate,\u00a0Election Resource Centre (ERC)\u00a0executive director Tawanda Chimhini said: The January protests, the closure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[965,31],"class_list":["post-17360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-human-rights","tag-mnangagwa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe Faces A Constant Threat Of Total Breakdown Of Human Rights \u2013 ERC - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zimbabweans are still far from having their basic human rights respected by the government under the so-called \u201cNew Dispensation\u201d as evidenced by the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe Faces A Constant Threat Of Total Breakdown Of Human Rights \u2013 ERC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zimbabweans are still far from having their basic human rights respected by the government under the so-called \u201cNew Dispensation\u201d as evidenced by the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-29T16:50:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Kuwadzana-Victim-Of-Sjamboking-by-Soldiers-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zimbabwe Faces A Constant Threat Of Total Breakdown Of Human Rights \u2013 ERC\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-29T16:50:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Kuwadzana-Victim-Of-Sjamboking-by-Soldiers-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Human Rights\",\"Mnangagwa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-a-constant-threat-of-total-breakdown-of-human-rights-erc\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Faces A Constant Threat Of Total Breakdown Of Human Rights \u2013 ERC - 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