“Beaten, wounded, bleeding and even lost life for exercising my right ...

Ngarande of the National Association of Non governmental Organizations was also
arrested in the post elections period. Action Aid employees also had a brush with the
state sponsored violence at Mayo resettlement area.
The continued harassment and arrests of NGO staff will have morale and security
implications on the staff and how they will discharge their duties. The state has
demonstrated that it will not tolerate any organization standing against human rights
violations. This will also affect the Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) preparations for
the run-off.
In the post election period, ZPP noted that they were also instances of intra party
violence within the opposition MDC and ZANU PF. They were a continuation of fissures
in the pre-election period. During the celebrations of the MDC-T a group of youths
allegedly took a coffin to Job Sikhala’s home on the 30 th of March 2008 celebrating the
victory of Marvelous Khumalo, resulting in a scuffle between the MDC Mutambara and
MDC Tsvangirai youths. The incident resulted in the hospitalization of 5 youths and one
was seriously injured.
Mashonaland East
In the post election period, Mashonaland East has proved to be one of the most volatile
areas. Immediately after the elections, ZPP received reports that houses of MDC
election agents, known MDC supporters, and those who were seen attending rallies or
wearing opposition T-shirts have reportedly been targets of harassments, intimidation
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