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Republic of Zimbabwe

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports 
  • State Department - Country Documents
  • Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
    • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014
Foreign Government Organization Reports
    • ZWE36681 - May 2010
      1. Please advise whether Zimbabwe had computerised systems for exit from international airports in January 2002.

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Children

US Government Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37147 - Aug. 2010
      1. Please provide details of the relevant Ministers whose children are studying in Australia.
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE101381.E - Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent (May 2006) - June 2006
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch Report
    • A Bitter Harvest “Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses on Tobacco Farms in Zimbabwe” - Apr. 2018

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Corruption

US Government Reports

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Disabilities

Foreign Government Organization Reportss
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37065 - July 2011
      1. To what extent do people with a disability face societal discrimination or harm in Zimbabwe?
      2. To what extent does the Zimbabwean state provide protection to people with a disability who face discrimination or harm?
      3. Is there any evidence of people being discriminatorily denied the protection of the state for reason of their disability?
      4. What facilities / supports are provided to people with a disability by the Zimbabwean state and NGOs?

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Elections

US Government Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE33228 - Apr. 2008
      1. Please provide up-to-date information on the situation following the recent elections in Zimbabwe.
    • ZWE31560 - Apr. 2007
      1. What elections were held between 1997-2003 in the Zvimba district?
      2. What were the results of those elections between 1997-2003 in the Zvimba district?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • Country Fact Sheet - Zimbabwe - May 2007
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Election Guide - Recent elections
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles 
    • “Crush Them Like Lice” Repression of Civil and Political Rights Ahead of Zimbabwe’s August 2023 Election - Aug. 2023
    • Race Against Time: The Need for Legal and Institutional Reforms Ahead of Zimbabwe’s Elections - Jan. 2013
    • The Elephant in the Room: Reforming Zimbabwe's Security Sector Ahead of Elections -  June 2013
    • “Bullets for Each of You” State-Sponsored Violence since Zimbabwe’s March 29 Elections – June 2008
    • All Over Again - Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections – Mar. 2008
  • International Crisis Group
  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Centre
    • Information on the referendum which was held in March 2013, including information on whether campaigning was free and fair. - May 2013

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Ethnic Groups / Race

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37065 - Aug. 2010
      1. What is the situation for people of Indian ethnicity in Zimbabwe?
      2. Are there any reports of people of Indian ethnicity being harmed by members of Zanu-PF, war veterans or the Zimbabwean state?
      3. Is there any information indicating that people of Indian ethnicity tend to be regard as pro-MDC or anti-Zanu-PF?
      4. Please provide information on the level of state protection available to people of Indian ethnicity who may face harm from other members of society.
    • ZWE36822 - July 2010
      1. What information is there on 'coloured' persons in Zimbabwe? In particular, what does the reference to 'coloured' suggest in this context?
      2. What information is there on whether coloured people are being targeted for ill-treatment or for recruitment to the ZANU-PF for reason of their ethnicity?
      3. Would it be expected that a coloured Zimbabwean in their twenties would have experienced difficulty obtaining a passport in Zimbabwe in 2002?
    • ZWE36639 - May 2010 
      1. Do coloured people in Zimbabwe face discrimination by the authorities or do the authorities fail to prevent such discrimination by others?
    • ZWE34464 - Mar. 2009
      1. Please provide information about the Manyika, and whether there is any evidence of discrimination against them.
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE100933.E - Racism, discrimination against "mixed race (coloured)" and the availability of state protection (2004-2006) - Feb. 2006
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Minority Rights Group International - State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016
  • World Directory of Minorities - Overview - 2018
  • World Directory of Minorities - Tshwa San - Sept. 2018

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Albinos

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Border Agency Country of Origins Information (COI) Report - Albinos - July 2012

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Asians

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE100932.E - Situation of Asians (2004-2006) - Feb. 2006

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Mahungwe

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37450 - Oct. 2010
      1. Please provide brief background information on the Mahungwe ethnic group.

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Ndebele

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE39318 - Sept. 2011
      1. What is the level and type of discrimination directed against Ndebele people in Zimbabwe, if any? Why are Ndebele discriminated against and by whom? Is this concentrated in certain regions?
    • ZWE37383 - Sept. 2010
      1. Please provide a brief summary on the Matabeleland/Gukurahundi massacres.
Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Shona

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE35590 - Nov. 2009
      1. Is there any information on the treatment of mixed ethnicity relationships (Shona and Caucasian) and any evidence to suggest members of such relationships have been targeted or killed because of their relationship?

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Whites

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37556 - Oct. 2010
      1. Please provide current information of the treatment of white Christians in Harare, and especially in Dinolli, and information on whether there has been a change in the treatment between 2000 and the present.
    • ZWE35590 - Nov. 2009
      1. Is there any information on the treatment of mixed ethnicity relationships (Shona and Caucasian) and any evidence to suggest members of such relationships have been targeted or killed because of their relationship?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE105964.E - Treatment of white, or non-indigenous, minorities by authorities and society; availability of state protection - Aug. 2017
    • ZWE103546.E - Treatment of white Zimbabweans who are not farmers and available state protection - July 2010
    • ZWE103547.E - Reports of mistreatment of white Zimbabwean women who are not farmers, in particular single women; available state protection - July 2010

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Gender

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note - Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression - January 2019
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance - omen fearing gender based harm or violence - Oct. 2018
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE40004 - Mar. 2012
      1. Please provide information on the situation for young women living alone, particularly in Harare.
      2. To what extent do the authorities provide protection to young women living alone, particularly in Harare?
    • ZWE38518 - Apr. 2011
      1. Is it usual for authorities and Zanu PF supporters to target women who, while they have sympathies for the MDC, are not MDC members and have not attended MDC rallies?
    • ZWE37447 - Sept. 2010
      1. Please provide information about 'kuripa ngozi' (or virgin pledging) - the customary practice of offering a young girl or grown women as compensatory payment in inter-family disputes as well as in the appeasement of avenging deceased spirits. Is it widespread?
      2. Is 'kuripa ngozi' referred to in Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Act? Please provide the relevant clauses or section.
      3. Is there information that the police do not uphold the laws relating to domestic violence?
      4. At what age is a woman considered an adult in Zimbabwe? 5. At what age can a woman marry in Zimbabwe?
    • ZWE36110 - Feb. 2010
      1. Please provide an update on the situation for women in Zimbabwe generally, and indicate whether there is any information specifically on the treatment of single mothers and single mothers without male family protection in particular.
    • ZWE37973 - Jan. 2010
      1. Can a woman be forced into marriage with her brother-in-law when her sister has died?
      2. Are the following factors likely to make a difference: if the brother-in-law has AIDS; if the brother-in-law is known to be abusive; if the woman is educated and/or independently wealthy; if the woman has been living overseas?
      3. Could a woman receive assistance from the authorities if she does not wish to remarry in these circumstances?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE105170.E - Domestic violence, including legislation; state protection and support services available to victims (June 2012- May 2015) - June 2015
    • ZWE103562.E - Domestic violence and sexual violence; state protection and availability of support services (2005 - August 2010) - Aug. 2010
    • ZWE103547.E - Reports of mistreatment of white Zimbabwean women who are not farmers, in particular single women; available state protection - July 2010
    • ZWE102523.E - Domestic Violence Act - May 2007
    • ZWE100922.E - Prevalence of Arranged Marriages - Feb. 2006
    • ZWE100923.E - The custom of wife "inheritance"; the government's attitude towards this custom; protection available to women who refuse to observe this custom (2004 - January 2006) - Feb. 2006
    • ZWE100924.E - Whether critics of the government or human rights agencies are subject to direct or covert harassment by the authorities with specific reference to persons advocating for women's rights in divorce proceedings (2004-2006) - Feb. 2006
    • ZWE100921.E - Availability of State Protection to Female Victims of Sexual and/or Domestic Abuse - Feb. 2006

International Government Organization Reports

  • European Union Agency for Asylum
    • Human rights under attack: A review of Zimbabwe’s human rights record in the period 2018-2023 - Sept. 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024
    • "I never thought I could get healed from this" - Barriers To Treatment And Human Rights Abuses Against Women And Girls With Obstetric Fistula In Zimbabwe - May 2021
    • “Treated like furniture” Gender-Based Violence And COVID-19 Response In Southern Africa – Feb. 2021 
  • Human Rights Watch Annual Report - Women’s and Girls’ Rights – 2018
  • Human Rights Watch Report
    • “You Will Get Nothing” Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe - Jan. 2017

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Human Rights

US Government Reports
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS) report
    • African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) - May 2021
Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Border Agency Country of Origins Information (COI) Report
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE39611 - Dec. 2011
      1. Please provide information on whether it is necessary to have a ZANU PF card to access health, food, and university education?
    • ZWE36824 - July 2010 
      1. Is there information to suggest that a person would be prevented from relocating to another location in Zimbabwe outside the Hurungwe District?
    • ZWE36818 - June 2010 
      1. Are there any reports of Zimbabweans having been targeted by ZANU-PF members or others due to links with the US?
      2. In particular, are there any reports of people involved in welfare work having been targeted for links to foreign countries?
    • ZWE35717 - Nov. 2009 
      1. Is there an organisation in Zimbabwe known as Lawyers for Human Rights?
      2. Is Tafadzwa Mugabe associated with this organisation?
    • ZWE35354 - Sept. 2009
      1. Does the Zimbabwean regime pursue family members of British soldiers?
    • ZWE34540 - Feb. 2009 
      • I am in need of a couple of paragraphs in realation to the position of the following people in Zimbabwe
      1. A black Zimbabwean who is married to a white partner

International Government Organization Reports

  • European Union Agency for Asylum
    • Human rights under attack: A review of Zimbabwe’s human rights record in the period 2018-2023 - Sept. 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International - 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Amnesty International Reports
    • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024
    • Entrenched Repression - Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, 40th Session Working Group, January-February2022 – July 2021
    • Stop burning our rights! What governments and corporations must do to protect humanity from the climate crisis: Executive Summary - June 2021
    • "I never thought I could get healed from this"- Barriers To Treatment And Human Rights Abuses Against Women And Girls With Obstetric Fistula In Zimbabwe - May 2021
    • Death Sentences and Executions 2020 - Apr. 2021 (PDF), 2020
    • We are like "Stray animals" – Thousands Living on the Margins Due To Statelessness in Zimbabwe - Apr. 2021
    • The State of African Regional Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 2019-2020 - Oct. 2020
    • Protecting The Right To Health In The COVID-19 Response In Zimbabwe – Apr. 2020
    • 'Open for Business', Closed for Dissent - Crackdown In Zimbabwe During The National Stay-Away - Feb. 2019
    • Zimbabwe - Time for Accountability - 2008
  • Freedom House
  • Human Rights Watch - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
  • Human Rights Watch Report
    • A Bitter Harvest “Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses on Tobacco Farms in Zimbabwe” - Apr. 2018
    • Homeless, Landless, and Destitute: The Plight of Zimbabwe’s Tokwe-Mukorsi Flood Victims - Feb. 2015
    • Troubled Water: Burst Pipes, Contaminated Wells, and Open Defecation in Zimbabwe’s Capital - Nov. 2013
    • Perpetual Fear: Impunity and Cycles of Violence in Zimbabwe - 2011
    • False Dawn: The Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government's Failure to Deliver Human Rights Improvements - Aug. 2009
    • Diamonds in the Rough: Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe - June 2009
    • Crisis without Limits - Human Rights and Humanitarian Consequences of Political Repression in Zimbabwe – Jan. 2009
    • “They Beat Me like a Dog” Political Persecution of Opposition Activists and Supporters in Zimbabwe – Aug. 2008
    • Bashing Dissent: Escalating Violence and State Repression in Zimbabwe - May 2007
    • 'You Will Be Thoroughly Beaten' The Brutal Suppression of Dissent in Zimbabwe - Nov. 2006
    • No Bright Future - Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses and Squandered Progress in the Fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe – Jul. 2006
    • Zimbabwe: Evicted and Forsaken - Dec. 2005
    • Not Eligible: The Politicization of Food in Zimbabwe - Oct. 2003
    • Fast Track Land Reform In Zimbabwe - Mar. 2002

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Justice System

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note - Opposition to government - Sept. 2021
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37383 - Sept. 2010
      1. Is Munyaradzi Musariri the Assistant Commissioner of Police? Please provide relevant information on him, including whether there is any evidence that he is a veteran of the war of independence.
    • ZWE37147 - Aug. 2010
      1. Please provide information regarding how a person might be treated where they are related to and living with a person accused of black market currency crimes, including whether they would be detained and then placed under de facto house arrest indefinitely. Is such an accused crime likely to result in such an extreme response? Would detention also result in the person being forced to confess to being pro-MDC?
    • ZWE33408 - July 2008 
      1. Please provide an update of the situation for suspected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters.
      2. Please provide an update of the situation for suspected foreign spies.
      3. Please provide an update of the situation for suspected foreign journalists.
      4. Is it likely that someone arrested by the Zimbabwean police on suspicion of being one or all of the above would be released the following day?
      5. What is the 'Public Order and Security Act'? Which arm of government is responsible for administering this Act?
      6. Please provide an update on the level of state protection available to suspected opposition supporters.
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE42721.E - Details About the Zimbabwe Central Intelligence Organisations - June 2004

International Government Organization Reports

  • European Union Agency for Asylum
    • Human rights under attack: A review of Zimbabwe’s human rights record in the period 2018-2023 - Sept. 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International Reports
    • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024
    • Death Sentences and Executions 2020 - Apr. 2021

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Law

  • Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
  • Child Abduction Act - 1995
  • Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act - 2013
  • Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act - Feb. 2009
  • Domestic Violence Act -2006
  • Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees, and Restrictees Act - Dec. 2004
  • Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
  • Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act - Mar. 2002
  • Sexual Offences Act - Aug. 2001
  • Electoral Act - 2005

US Government Reports

  • Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
    • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014

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Medical Availability

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE35371 - Sept. 2009
      1. Please advise what level of medical care is available for type 1 diabetics in Zimbabwe? Is insulin widely available?
      2. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe in general and for someone who is a young white farmer with an ongoing medical condition?
    • ZWE34835 - May 2009 
      1. Is there any reference material to indicate the manner in which Zimbabwe society generally treats or considers persons with mental illness?
      2. Is there any evidence that persons suffering such illness are denied basic support or treatment or discriminated against under Zimbabwe law or culture?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE42970.E - Health and Social Services Available to Individuals with HIV/AIDS - Sept. 2004
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Country Policy and Information Note - Zimbabwe: Medical treatment and healthcare - Apr. 2021
International Government Organization Reports
  • World Health Organization Page
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • "I never thought I could get healed from this"- Barriers To Treatment And Human Rights Abuses Against Women And Girls With Obstetric Fistula In Zimbabwe - May 2021
    • Gender-Based Violence And COVID-19 Response In Southern Africa - Southern Africa: Treated like furniture – Feb. 2021
    • Protecting The Right To Health In The COVID-19 Response In Zimbabwe – Apr. 2020
    • No Chance to Live, Newborn Deaths at Hopley Settlement, Zimbabwe - Dec. 2010
  • Human Rights Watch Reports
    • No Bright Future - Government Failures, Human Rights Abuses and Squandered Progress in the Fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe – Jul. 2006

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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE39269 - Sept. 2011
      1. Please provide available information on Thembinkosi Sibindi, including information regarding his political career and election campaign/s.
    • ZWE38877 - June 2011
      1. Please provide information/reports on working conditions on the Mugabe family's farms and on whether there are any reports of intimidation or harassment of employees on the Mugabe farms?
    • ZWE38518 - Apr. 2011
      1. Are all those who return to Zimbabwe from overseas considered MDC supporters or MDC spies?
    • ZWE38529 - Apr. 2011
      1. Please provide information on parliamentary candidate Tachiona Mharadze (also spelt Mharadza) and his election campaigning.
      2. Please provide information on Chief Fortune Charumbira
    • ZWE38183 - Feb. 2011
      1. Please provide general information on the political situation, including the level of political violence and instability in Zimbabwe in and around July 2007.
    • ZWE37880 - Jan. 2011
      1. Please provide information relating to the ZPS generally, particularly in relation to its politicization and alignment with the ZANU-PF regime.
      2. Please provide information relating to treatment of MDC prisoners within the ZPS.
    • ZWE37988 - Dec. 2010 
      1. Please provide information on the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ), including information relating to its relationship to the government and the ZANU-PF party.
    • ZWE37451 - Oct. 2010
      1. Please provide the latest material update on the situation in Zimbabwe for members of the MDC and their treatment by ZANU PF and the police and military.
      2. Is there information on any relevant activities of the MDC in Mashonaland West and in particular the district of Chinhoyi? Are you able to confirm what position J. Karemba holds with the MDC in that office?
      3. Please provide some background information on the split that occurred in the MDC in 2005 resulting in the MDC-T and the MDC-M? Please provide information on any significant evolution and the present status of the split.
    • ZWE37383 - Sept. 2010 
      1. Would being a high ranking member of PF Zapu make you a target of ZANU-PF today?
      2. Is there any information that indicates that non-politically active family members of politically active people are subject to serious harm in Zimbabwe? Are family members of former and current members of the MDC and PF Zapu currently subject to serious harm in Zimbabwe?
    • ZWE37330 - Sept. 2010
      1. Is it possible to know what level of interest or attention an expression of dislike of the ZANU-PF regime in private discussions at an institution such as the Midlands State University in 2006 would attract?
      2. What would be the possible consequences of the expression of such views?
    • ZWE37147 - Aug. 2010
      1. Please provide details of any pro-MDC rallies or events attended by Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter. Please also comment on the likelihood of a person facing persecution for their attendance at such an event.
    • ZWE36915 - July 2010
      1. Please provide information on the War Veterans Association (WVA) dating back to 2000, activities membership etc. What is the current status of WVA? Are they active?
      2. Please provide information on the availability of state protection in Zimbabwe.
    • ZWE37027 - July 2010 
      1. Please provide any information about the location of the township of Macheke, and its distance to Harare, and whether there is any profile of political allegiances in that area which would suggest the area was a ZANU-PF stronghold or an area where there was a history of persecution of MDC supporters in the period 2000-2006.
    • ZWE36822 - July 2010
      1. Is there information regarding whether the ZANU-PF have trucks and how such trucks would be marked or identified as ZANU-PF trucks?
      2. Is there information about ZANU-PF supporters forcing people to buy ZANU-PF cards? If so, please provide details on how and why this occurs.
      3. Is there information available to suggest that young men between the ages of 17-25 are targeted as the prime age for recruitment to the ZANU-PF party? Is there a particular profile of person that is of interest to the ZANU-PF party insofar as potential recruitment is concerned?
      4. Is there information that with the elections coming up in 2011 the ZANU-PF are looking to recruit more people?
      5. Please provide information regarding whether much has changed despite the power sharing government in Zimbabwe. Please provide information on what has changed.
      6. Is there information on whether the police are connected to the ZANU-PF party?
    • ZWE37005 - July 2010
      1. Please provide relevant information on rallies held in Highfields and Glenorah in late 2008.
    • ZWE36402 - Apr. 2010
      1. Please provide an overview of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
      2. Please outline recent political incidents particularly in Bindura, Zimbabwe.
      3. Please provide an outline of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).
      4. Please provide an outline of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
    • ZWE37973 - Jan. 2010
      1. What is ZANU-PF?
    • ZWE35970 - Jan. 2010
      1. What is the current status of the joint MDC-ZANU-PF coalition government?
    • ZWE35535 - Oct. 2009
      1. What is the current situation for supporters of the MDC in Zimbabwe?
      2. Is there state protection available for supporters of the MDC in Zimbabwe?
      3. Please provide information about a member of the MDC and a Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe named Mr. Malinga. Are there reports of the Zanu-PF burning down Mr Malinga's house?
      4. Is there information on Blessing Chebundo standing for parliament in Zimbabwe?
      5. Are there reports of teachers in Zimbabwe who did not support the Zanu-PF being forced to resign by the Zanu-PF during 2003?
      6. Is there information about a rally held in Perth in early 2008 organised by Rumbidzai Tsvangirai, the daughter of the leader of the MDC?
    • ZWE35198 - Aug. 2009
      1. Please provide information on the Human Rights Association of the MDC, including its structure and its activities.
      2. Are there any reports of members of the Human Rights Association of the MDC being targeted for harm?
    • ZWE34457 - Feb. 2009
      1. Please provide a brief update concerning the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
    • ZWE31570 - Apr. 2007 
      1. Does the MDC have an office in Harare?
      2. How many branches are there in the province of Bulawayo?
      3. How many wards are there?
      4. Can you provide information on the leaders of the MDC in the province of Bulawayo?
      5. Can you provide information on the activities of the MDC in the province of Bulawayo in 2006?
      6. Can you provide information on council elections in Bulawayo around October 2006?
      7. Did Zanu PF lose seats in the council elections in Bulawayo in October 2006?
      8. Can you provide information about Gukurahunde?
    • ZWE31287 - Feb. 2007
      1. What is the treatment of supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change?
      2. What is the treatment of members of the armed forces who are known to be members or sympathisers of the Movement for Democratic Change?
      3. Please provide information on the treatment of people who have passed state secrets to the opposition, including use of the Official Secrets Act.
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE106305.E - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including political status, organizational structure, leadership, activities, relationship with other political parties, and membership cards;treatment of MDC members by authorities - June 2019
    • ZWE106107.E - Viva Zimbabwe party, including leadership, structure, objectives, and activities; requirements and procedures to become a member of the party; treatment of youth activists and members of opposition parties since the resignation of President Robert Mugabe in November 2017 - May 2018
    • ZWE106091.E - Zimbabwe: The Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), including structure, leadership, membership, objectives, activities, and areas of operation; treatment of members by authorities - Apr. 2018
    • ZWE105171.E - Whether the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is still active in Canada - May 2015
    • ZWE105030.E - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including political status, organizational structure leaders - January 2015
    • ZWE103731.E - MDC Membership Cards - May 2011
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human rights Watch Reports
    • Crisis without Limits - Human Rights and Humanitarian Consequences of Political Repression in Zimbabwe – Jan. 2009
    • "Our Hands Are Tied" Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe – Nov. 2008
    • “They Beat Me like a Dog” Political Persecution of Opposition Activists and Supporters in Zimbabwe – Aug. 2008
  • International Crisis Group

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Refugees / IDPs

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37556 - Oct. 2010 
      1. Please provide information on which organisation administers the refugee visa regime in South Africa, and in particular in Durban. Can you provide any information on what the procedure is for applying for refugee status in South Africa?
    • ZWE37450 - Oct. 2010
      1. Please provide information on Zimbabwean nationals applying for asylum in South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique, including whether it is common for them to do so, and if not why not.
    • ZWE36705 - June 2010
      1. Please provide up-to-date information on the treatment of Zimbabweans in South Africa.
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • Fact sheet on the breakdown of refugees, aslyum-seekers and IDPs in Southern Africa (as of April 2023) - July 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024

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Religion

US Government Reports
  • State Department International Religious Freedom Report -  2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
    • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Criminal Blasphemy Laws as of 2020 - Dec. 2020
    • Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws – July 2017
Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE39467 - Nov. 2011
      1. Does the government of Zimbabwe discriminate against the Seventh Day Adventist Church and/or its members?

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Sexual Orientation

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE105806.E - Situation of sexual minorities, including legislation; treatment by society and authorities; state protection and support services available to victims of violence - May 2017

 

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024

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Specific Country Issues - Child Soldiers

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37118 - Aug. 2010
      1. Please provide information on the history of the NYSTP (or National Youth Service), including when it was formed, its recruitment practices and its target group for recruitment (such as age range). Please also comment on the relative proportions of people who actually undergo service with the NYSTP, compared with people of the same age who do not. Please also comment on the extent to which young people who do not undergo service with the NYSTP face reprisals or limited work/education opportunities.
    • ZWE36822 - July 2010 
      1. Please provide information on whether there is a distinction between the Green Bombers and the Zimbabwe National Youth Service, and if there is, what is the distinction.
      2. Is there evidence that young men are being intimidated to join the Green Bombers in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and if so what information is there on the means used to intimidate? In particular, please provide information on whether there have been abductions where young men have been forced to join the Green Bombers militia.
      3. Is there information on whether ZANU-PF supporters are giving potential recruits green T-shirts and forcing the recipients to wear them?
      1. Please provide information on whether the Green Bombers terrorise and brutalise people.
    • ZWE31731 - May 2007
      1. Can you provide detail on how the National Service system operates, how they recruit etc?
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008

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Specific Country Issues - Mining

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • International Crisis Group
    • All That Glitters is Not Gold: Turmoil in Zimbabwe’s Mining Sector - Nov. 2020

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Specific Country Issues - Movement for Democratic Change

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Border Agency Country of Origins Information (COI) Report
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
  • ZWE105759.E - Feb. 2017

         Information on the following organizations, including objectives, membership, and treatment by authorities: Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT), Zimbabwe National Student's Union (ZINASU), and #ThisFlag

  • ZWE35940 - Jan. 2010
    1. To what extent do MDC members or supporters continue to be targeted in Zimbabwe?
  • ZWE36639 - May 2010
    1. What is the position in Zimbabwe for persons who are supporters of the MDC Party?
  • ZWE36759 - June 2010
    1. Please provide a general update on the situation for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members, both rank and file members and prominent leaders, in respect to their possible treatment and risk of serious harm in Zimbabwe.
  • ZWE37005 - July 2010 
    1. What are the activities of the MDC Women's Association?
    2. Have the Association's members been targeted by ZANU-PF members/supporters?
    3. Are family members of MDC activists currently subject to harm by authorities, ZANU-PF supporters?
  • ZWE37118 - Aug. 2010 
    1. Please provide information on the risk of harm to active pro-MDC supporters and activists in Zimbabwe. Please also comment on the situation for people who sympathise with or secretly support the MDC but do not openly express those views.
    2. Please comment on the reasonableness of relocation within Zimbabwe as a means of avoiding persecution for known or suspected pro-MDC views. Are there any parts of Zimbabwe safe for such a person? Please also provide information on whether relocation to another part of Zimbabwe, such as Bulawayo, might reduce the risk of forced recruitment with the NYSTP. Please also comment on any tribal factors that might make relocation to Bulawayo non-viable for a Shona.
    3. Please provide information about the MDC party, including its founding, key milestones, key leaders, party structure and details of the main MDC candidates/figures in the Harare district since 2000.
  • ZWE37451 - Oct. 2010
    1. Please provide the latest material update on the situation in Zimbabwe for members of the MDC and their treatment by ZANU PF and the police and military.
    2. Is there information on any relevant activities of the MDC in Mashonaland West and in particular the district of Chinhoyi? Are you able to confirm what position J. Karemba holds with the MDC in that office?
    3. Please provide some background information on the split that occurred in the MDC in 2005 resulting in the MDC-T and the MDC-M? Please provide information on any significant evolution and the present status of the split.
  • ZWE37594 - Oct. 2010
    1. Is there any very recent specific information on Zanu-PF intimidation of low profile MDC supporters in the area of Chitungwiza (30 kilometers from Harare) or Harare itself?
  • ZWE37638 - Oct. 2010
    1. Please provide information on the area of Kamoto, Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central, in particular on whether it has been regarded as an MDC stronghold.
    2. Is there information on attacks there on MDC supporters by ZANU PF in 2002/2003 or any recent attacks?
  • ZWE37880 - Jan. 2011
    1. Please provide information relating to treatment of MDC prisoners within the ZPS.
  • ZWE37952 - Jan. 2011
    1. Please ask the post to confirm how a person joins the MDC to obtain such a membership card and whether this might sometimes occur inadvertently simply by signing an MDC petition.
  • ZWE38529 - Apr. 2011
    1. Please provide an update on current information on the treatment on MDC members in Zimbabwe (and especially in Masvingo West) by ZANU-PF supporters.
    2. Please provide information on the level of MDC and ZANU-PF political activity/violence, in the most recent elections (2008) in Masvingo West in the MudengeKraal village in Zimbabwe.
    3. Please provide information on the history of the MDC, key events in its history, and key objectives.
  • ZWE39557 - Nov. 2011
    1. Please refer to Country Advice ZWE38123. Are there any updates to this response in relation to attacks against family members of MDC activists, in Harare, during 2011?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE103749.E - Zimbabwe: Youth militia activities, including those of the National Youth Service (NYS) and of the Green Bombers; training programs and incidents of violence since February 2009; whether youth militia target supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - May 2011
    • ZWE103731.E - Whether the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is still active in Canada; whether MDC branches outside of Zimbabwe can verify the identity and replace the lost membership cards of those members who were originally issued cards in Zimbabwe; whether the MDC membership cards display the date of original membership; whether MDC branches would report the original membership date if requested; location of other MDC branches and chapters - May 2011
    • ZWE103119.FE - Whether members of the Movement for Democratic Change were arrested and abused by the authorities after the signing of the power-sharing agreement in September 2008 and after the inauguration of the coalition government in February 2009 - May 2009
    • ZWE101400.E - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) policy regarding requests from abroad to replace lost membership cards originally issued in Zimbabwe; location of MDC branches and chapters; whether the MDC would indicate, if requested, the date of original membership of the lost card; whether the MDC writes letters to support members' asylum claims - July 2006
    • ZWE100989.E - The official Website of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC); whether the MDC has opened branches abroad, particularly in Canada and if so the names of the office bearers in Canada; the purpose of these branches abroad and whether these offices support refugee claims abroad (2005 - 2006) - Feb. 2006
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • International Crisis Group

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Specific Country Issues - Treatment of Returnees

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE38518 - Apr. 2011
      1. Are all those who return to Zimbabwe from overseas considered MDC supporters or MDC spies?
    • ZWE37594 - Oct. 2010
      1. Is there any more recent information on returnees (including failed asylum seekers) to Zimbabwe?
    • ZWE37147 - Aug. 2010
      1. Please provide information relating to the risk of harm faced by a person upon his return simply due to being a returnee from Australia.
    • ZWE37005 - July 2010
      1. Are there reports that officers from the Central Intelligence Office harass returned students from overseas? Are returning students suspected/accused of spying for western states?
    • ZWE36639 - May 2010
      1. Is there any evidence to suggest that Zimbabwean nationals returning from Australia who are suspected of having made a refugee claim in Australia will be persecuted?
    • ZWE35970 - Jan. 2010
      1. What is the regime's attitude towards failed asylum seekers from Australia or other Western countries?
    • ZWE35590 - Nov. 2009
      1. Is there any recent information on whether persons who have left Zimbabwe, or who travel outside Zimbabwe face harm or adverse attention on return, or are classified as 'snitches' simply because of overseas travel or the perception they would be opposed to the Government because they have travelled overseas?
      1. Is there any recent information as to whether persons who have studied overseas are perceived to be opposed to the Government, or have faced adverse treatment on return simply because they have lived outside Zimbabwe for a number of years in countries like Australia?
    • ZWE34540 - Feb. 2009
      • I am in need of a couple of paragraphs in relation to the position of the following people in Zimbabwe
      1. A returnee/ failed asylum seeker
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZWE103563.E - Treatment of people returned to Zimbabwe upon their arrival at Harare Airport, including whether citizens are interrogated (2008 - August 2010) - Aug. 2010
    • ZWE101078.E - Mistreatment of Zimbabweans Deported from the UK - Mar. 2006

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Specific Country Issues - ZANU PF

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Border Agency Country of Origins Information (COI) Report
    • ZANU-PF win 1990s elections - July 2012
    • ZANU-PF: the battle for a successor to Mr Mugabe - July 2012
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE39467 - Nov. 2011 
      1. Is/was there a ZANU-PF military campsite at Braeside, Harare?
    • ZWE39076 - July 2011
      1. Please provide information on ZANU-PF related violence, intimidation, and forcible recruitment etc. in and around Chivhu in the period between 2007 - present.
      2. Does the President's wife originate from the Chivhu area, and would this be part of the reason ZANU-PF has been campaigning so heavily in the area, as it would be a major embarrassment for the President to not win the support of this area? Please comment on this also.
    • ZWE38877 - June 2011
      1. Are there reports dealing with allegations that people are discriminated against in terms of access to education and health care because of their failure to support the ZANU-PF, or are coerced to abandon church attendance and prayers to attend ZANU-PF rallies.?
    • ZWE38611 - May 2011
      1. Is there country information about farmers/land owners in Bikita in the district of Masvingo being targeted by ZANU-PF supporters?
      2. Is there any information about clashes between ZANU-PF supporters and MDC supporters in Bikita in the district of Masvingo?
    • ZWE38518 - Apr. 2011
      1. Is it usual for authorities and Zanu PF supporters to target women who, while they have sympathies for the MDC, are not MDC members and have not attended MDC rallies?
    • ZWE38183 - Feb. 2011
      1. Please provide information on whether there was an active ZANU PF party at Uzumba High School or whether this is an area dominated by ZANU PF supporters.
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch Reports
    • "Our Hands Are Tied" Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe – Nov. 2008
  • International Crisis Group
    • Zimbabwe's "Military-assisted Transition" and Prospects for Recovery - Dec. 2017

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Specific Country Issues - Zimbabwe National Army

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE37113 - Aug. 2010
      1. Does the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) pursue deserters? If so, how and when do they commence this pursuit? I.e. how long do they wait until someone is assumed to have deserted?

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Speech / Press / Internet

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • ZWE39568 - Nov. 2011
      1. Please provide information on 'H-Metro' and its distribution.
      2. Has the H-Metro website been suspended?
      3. If so, when did this happen and why?
      4. Is there any information indicating that it is possible to pay to have articles included in this or other Zimbabwean publications?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)

International Government Organization Reports

  • European Union Agency for Asylum
    • Human rights under attack: A review of Zimbabwe’s human rights record in the period 2018-2023 - Sept. 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024
  • Freedom House
  • Human Rights Watch Annual Report - Freedom of Expression and Media - 2021
  • Human Rights Watch Report
    • Sleight of Hand - Repression of the Media and the Illusion of Reform in Zimbabwe – Apr. 2010

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Timeline

Foreign Government Organization Reports
  • UK Border Agency Country of Origins Information (COI) Report - Chronology of major events - Aug. 2011
Media
  • BBC Timeline

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Trafficking

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - Sub-Saharan Africa - 2020

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Torture

US Government Reports

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Updated March 7, 2024