Amenesty International report

AI tells the African Union to ignore gov't pressure from Mugabe's govt:

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....Amnesty International today urged the African Union (AU) to challenge attempts by the government of Zimbabwe to frustrate the AU's investigation of the current human rights crisis in Zimbabwe.

The call came following yesterday's departure from Zimbabwe of Bahame Tom Nyanduga, a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). Mr Nyanduga had been sent to Zimbabwe by the AU to undertake a fact-finding mission, but left the country having been prevented by the government from fulfilling this mission. The government of Zimbabwe has reportedly claimed that there were "procedural irregularities" regarding his visit.....

On 23 June 2005, Amnesty International, along with a coalition of over 200 international and African human rights organizations, launched an urgent "Joint Appeal" to the AU and UN urging them to publicly condemn the violations taking place in the context of the campaign of forced evictions and house demolitions and to take effective action to stop them....

Their March report on Zimbabwe is found HERE LINK...it notes a lot of human rights violations...of individuals..

And LINK is the report on the dehousing operation on Porta Farm...

What I have yet to find in these reports or other rep0rts is the fear level in the villages, which face little food, more people/relatives returning from the cities after losing their homes, and the fear that the village will not receive food aid if they had voted against Mugabe or voice complaints...Indeed, what is also not being reported is the illnesses in villages due to famine related diseases...