Southern Africa: Zimbabwe – SADC Should Respond to Intensified Crackdown On Opponents

Johannesburg — Respect Freedoms of Assembly and Association, End Repression of Critics

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should speak out against the Zimbabwean authorities’ intensified crackdown on the opposition and civil society organizations ahead of its summit in Harare, Human Rights Watch said today. The heads of state of SADC’s 16 members will meet on August 17, 2024, in Harare, Zimbabwe, for their 44th summit, where Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be taking…