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Amnesty says electoral process must be peaceful

    JOHANNESBURG

    Amnesty International called on the Zimbabwean government on Wednesday to ensure that next month’s parliamentary elections are peaceful.

    On Tuesday, President Robert Mugabe announced that Zimbabweans would go to the polls on the weekend of 24 and 25 June.

    Amnesty International called for an end to politically motivated violence, the intimidation of opposition supporters, and freedom of assembly and association “to ensure that all parties can participate in rallies of any political parties without fear of intimidation of violence”.

    It added that journalists had to have the freedom to travel and report without being intimidated. Amnesty International said that it was also calling for “impartial policing of all pre-election activities and investigation of any incidents of human rights abuses, regardless of the political affiliation of the perpetrators or the victims”.

    It said that foreign governments intending to send election observers to Zimbabwe had to ensure that the monitors will have a “human rights mandate”.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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