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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Staff Reporter<\/b> – PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been challenged to show seriousness and ensure that all security forces personnel involved in the killing of six people and injuring another 35 on August 1, 2018, are prosecuted.<\/p>\n

On that day, security forces fired on Harare residents in the central business district following post-election protests on the delay by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in announcing presidential poll results.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa later appointed the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry, which found that six people died and 35 others were injured by state security forces.<\/p>\n

Motlanthe is a former president of South Africa.<\/p>\n

However, three years later, Mnangagwa has not implemented the commission\u2019s recommendations, including holding to account members of the security forces responsible for abuses and compensating the families of those killed or who lost property.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch Southern Africa director Dewa Mavhinga Monday said there was a need for Mnangagwa to demonstrate seriousness about upholding human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mnangagwa government should take meaningful action to demonstrate that it is serious about upholding human rights and the rule of law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should ensure that security force personnel responsible for abuses regardless of rank \u2013 are prosecuted in accordance with national and international law. Given the scale of security force abuses, the establishment of an independent complaint system \u2013 as provided for in Zimbabwe\u2019s Constitution \u2013 to receive and investigate public complaints against the security services, is long overdue. Once set up, the complaint system\u2019s findings should be promptly acted upon.<\/p>\n

Mavhinga added: \u201cAfter Zimbabwe\u2019s August 2018 presidential election, I witnessed violent abuses on the streets of Harare, the capital, when uniformed soldiers indiscriminately fired live ammunition at people protesting delayed election results. In a Twitter post, President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for \u2018an independent investigation into what occurred in Harare\u2019 and said \u2018those responsible should be identified and brought to justice.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mavhinga said Mnangagwa and other high-level government officials made numerous promises to deliver governance reforms to mark a departure from the abusive Robert Mugabe era but has so far taken few concrete steps to improve people\u2019s lives, rein in corruption, or to demonstrate commitment to accountability, justice, and respect for the rule of law.<\/p>\n

However, he said since the 2018 post-election violence, the state security forces have continued to commit serious violations, including violent attacks, abductions, torture, and other abuses against the political opposition and civil society activists.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuman Rights Watch investigations found that security forces used excessive and lethal force to crush nationwide protests in January 2019. Local groups reported that security forces fired live ammunition that killed 17 people, and uniformed soldiers raped at least 17 women during and after these protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo security personnel have been arrested or prosecuted. In May 2020, the local rights group the Zimbabwe Peace Project found that the police and army topped the list of perpetrators of human rights violations in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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