Zimbabwe Peace Project

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Zimbabwe Peace Project also known as ZPP is a human rights monitoring group in Zimbabwe. The ZPP was established in 2000 by a group of civilians and church members. [1] It is critical of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, and its Director Jestina Mukoko was abducted by secret Police and freed only after Zimbabwe High Court orders. It is a non-registered organization and has faced many obstacles because the government suspected that they are creating violence among the society. [2] ZPP alleged that human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa had been kidnapped. [2] ZPP was involved in documenting human rights abuses by the Zimbabwe government. [3] [4] Other activists have also been abducted by the Secret Police.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Bearak, Barry (3 December 2008). "Zimbabwe Police Break Up Protest". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 Polgreen, Lydia (17 March 2013). "Zimbabwe Arrests Opposition Officials and a Human Rights Lawyer". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Court orders police to find Mukoko Archived 15 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "The Zimbabwe Situation". www.zimbabwesituation.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.


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