Zimbabwe Peace Project also known as ZPP is a human rights monitoring group in
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
. The ZPP was established in 2000 by a group of civilians and church members. It is critical of the human rights situation in
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
, and its Director
Jestina Mukoko
Jestina Mukoko is a Zimbabwean human rights activist and the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. She is a journalist by training and a former News presenter, newsreader with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.
In March 2010 Mukoko was one ...
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.
ZPP alleged that human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa had been kidnapped.
ZPP was involved in documenting human rights abuses by the Zimbabwe government.
Other activists have also been abducted by the Secret Police.
References
External links
Two more rights activists kidnappedZimbabwe Continues to Target ActivistsBBC Zimbabwe hunts abducted activistSilenced - the sharpest voice against MugabeZPP statement on violence
Human rights organisations based in Zimbabwe
Imprisonment and detention
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