Volume 3 of the September 2021 Crisis Report is now out. The edition covers issues which include ARTUZ’s planned protest over forced vaccination of educators, voter mobilisation drives by residents associations and attacks on lawyers by the state. Read on for more on this and other issues.
RAs in massive voter mobilisation drive
Residents’ associations (RAs) from across the country have embarked on a voter mobilisation drive that seeks to target youths, women, people living with disabilities as well as first time voters ahead of the 2023 elections. The voter mobilisation drive is being coordinated by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA).
ARTUZ to protest over forced vaccination of teachers
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has commended the government of Zimbabwe for its COVID-19 vaccination programme, but continues to note with concern the forced vaccination of teachers and other civil servants by the government.The government of Zimba-bwe has implemented a “No Jab No Job” policy that will see civil servants who have not yet taken the COVID-19 jab losing their jobs. ARTUZ says it will take action against the government’s stance.
Report reveals attacks on lawyers by the State
A report titled “Attacks on Human Rights Lawyers in Zimbabwe” was launched on Tuesday 21 September 2021 by Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). The report, which was co-authored by L4L and ZLHR, outlines how lawyers are being barred from representing their clients, have become subjects of arbitrary arrests and being attacked for carrying out their profession as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal profession.
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Source: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
