Amnesty International today said it is concerned about Zimbabwe’s continued harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders and called on the government to immediately repeal or amend all laws that are not aligned with the new Constitution. It said laws such as the Public Order and Security Act and the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act were used in the past to deny people their rights to freedom expression, association and peaceful assembly. The human rights body made the call in its report entitled: Human Rights Agenda for the New Government – 2013 to 2018- to mark President Robert Mugabe’s first 100 days in power since winning the elections on 31 July. Ironically, Amnesty’s call came on the same day that two human rights defenders, Abel Chikomo and Beatrice Mtetwa, were set free by the courts.
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