It is with great pleasure that we bring you ZimRights News, our weekly newsletter. Every week, we capture key human rights developments covering the most important human rights issues in Zimbabwe from a community perspective. Tell us what you are expecting using details at the bottom of this newsletter.

As the world battles COVID 19, Zimbabwe has introduced a raft of measures, including 'Lock down without a plan' that kicked in on 30 March 2020. In our Featured Report for the week, we cover impact of these measures on Zimbabweans across the country. We unpack the human rights implications from a community perspective. Read the full report here

ZimRights members across the country are calling for the Parliament to extend the deadline for nominations to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission which has since closed on [insert correct date]. In a petition signed by over 1000 ZimRights members from 10 provinces, ZimRights regrets that the majority of Zimbabweans who live in marginalised areas will not be able to participate in the nomination process. Read the full petition here.

On ZimRights Audible, we speak with Samuel Wadzai, the Director of VICET on the Impact of COVID 19 to Vendors who have been forced off the streets. Listen here.

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