{"id":68846,"date":"2018-08-02T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=68846"},"modified":"2018-08-02T12:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:08:45","slug":"zimbabwe-amnesty-international-demands-probe-into-killing-of-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/08\/02\/zimbabwe-amnesty-international-demands-probe-into-killing-of-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Amnesty International demands probe into killing of protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Mabvuto Banda<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68847\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Zim-erupts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Zim-erupts-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Zim-erupts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Zim-erupts-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Zim-erupts.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Protesters block roads in Harare. <strong>Pic by Reuters<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[dropcap style=&#8221;square&#8221;]Z[\/dropcap]imbabwean authorities must launch a prompt and effective investigation into the army\u2019s killing of three protesters and injury of scores others following post elections violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\">Amnesty International<\/a> said on Thursday.<strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vote combined presidential, parliamentary and local government elections but delays in announcing the results by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/...zimbabwe-election-results\/zimbabwe-electoral-commission-\">Zimbabwe Electoral Commission<\/a> (ZEC) resulted into opposition protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is unfortunate that this election has descended into bloodshed, which could have been avoided if security forces had exercised restraint against protesters,\u201d said Colm \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in, Amnesty International\u2019s Acting Secretary General.<\/em><!--more--><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Demonstrators were calling for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to expedite the release of the presidential election results after voting on 30 July.<\/p>\n<p>The post-election violence earlier Wednesday follows the country\u2019s elections on 30 July 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe army\u2019s conduct should be promptly investigated, with those responsible brought to justice,\u201d reads the statement in part.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Police confirmed that three people have been killed after soldiers fired live ammunition on fleeing people following post-election protests in Harare, with some of the injured and dead being shot from the back.<\/p>\n<p>The army also ordered journalists covering riotous demonstrations to switch off their video recording equipment and cameras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe loss of life for people protesting for the release of the election results was totally unnecessary. They wanted to see how they had voted and Zimbabwean authorities had a duty to facilitate this in a peaceful manner, without deploying the army to the streets,\u201d said Colm \u00d3 Cuanach\u00e1in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia freedom must also be guaranteed and respected in this prevailing post-election environment. Journalists should not be intimidated for doing their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By Mabvuto Banda [dropcap style=&#8221;square&#8221;]Z[\/dropcap]imbabwean authorities must launch a prompt and effective investigation into the army\u2019s killing of three protesters and injury of scores others following post elections violence, Amnesty International said on Thursday. \u00a0 The vote combined presidential, parliamentary and local government elections but delays in announcing the results by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68850,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68846\/revisions\/68850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}