In countries such as Uganda, Zimbabwe and Egypt female champions are beaten up, sexually abused, jailed and even “disappeared”
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/ 17 October 2009
A precedent has been set that threatens top lieutenants, writes Jason Moyo.
A prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist and eight others are suing the government for -million, their lawyer said.
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/ 28 September 2009
Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the government could not prosecute a leading human rights activist facing terrorism charges.
Zimbabwe state prosecutors on Thursday conceded security agents had abducted and illegally detained a leading rights activist.
A judge has ordered Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko and 14 others freed on bail, reversing her decision of a day earlier.
Amnesty condemned the detention of 18 activists in Zimbabwe on Tuesday as political and said their plight cast a ”dark shadow” over the country.
A judge revoked the bail of a Zimbabwean rights activist and 17 other suspects on Tuesday after prosecutors formally charged them in a terrorism case.
A Zimbabwe court cpostponed for the second time the case of leading rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others.
Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic could get worse as the rainy season peaks, its health minister said on Monday.
Zanu-PF leader starts preparations for a new administration, the state-run Herald newspaper reports
Jestina Mukoko, who is to appear on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, is being poisoned in custody, a media report said.
A judge ruled on Friday that a human rights campaigner accused of plotting to overthrow the Zimbabwe government should remain in custody.
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/ 30 December 2008
Lawyers for detained rights activists called on Monday for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government to be charged with contempt.
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/ 29 December 2008
South Africa said on Monday that the arrest of a leading human rights campaigner should not delay the formation of a unity government.
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/ 27 December 2008
Zimbabwe has appealed against a court ruling ordering the release of Jestina Mukoko and several others accused of plotting against the government.
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/ 27 December 2008
A Zimbabwean peace activist has been traced to a notorious maximum security prison despite a court order that she be taken to hospital.
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/ 26 December 2008
Carlos Tevez struck a late goal to give Manchester United a 1-0 win at 10-man Stoke City on Friday while Chelsea cruised to a 2-0 home victory.
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/ 26 December 2008
The regime of Robert Mugabe has ”no intention” of releasing a rights activist accused of recruiting anti-government plotters, a lawyer said on Friday.
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/ 25 December 2008
Armed police took a leading Zimbabwean rights campaigner and eight activists to a maximum security prison on Thursday, defying a High Court order.
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/ 25 December 2008
Zimbabwe’s high court ordered on Wednesday that a top rights activist, who was seized weeks ago, be released to hospital.
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/ 24 December 2008
A former Zimbabwean newscaster is expected to appear in court on Wednesday on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe’s government.