Amani Trust

The Amani Trust was a Zimbabwean non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to preventing organized violence and torture, to advocacy for the rights of victims and to rehabilitation of victims through community-based care.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kubatana.net/html/sectors/ama001.asp?sector=VICSUP&details=Tel&orgcode=ama001 |title=Kubatana - AMANI Trust |access-date=2006-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615130832/http://kubatana.net/html/sectors/ama001.asp?sector=VICSUP&details=Tel&orgcode=ama001 |archive-date=2006-06-15 |url-status=dead }} It was established in 1993 and had its headquarters in Harare. The organisation has now closed.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kubatana.net/html/sectors/ama001.asp?sector=VICSUP&details=Tel&orgcode=ama001 |title=Kubatana - AMANI Trust |access-date=2006-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615130832/http://kubatana.net/html/sectors/ama001.asp?sector=VICSUP&details=Tel&orgcode=ama001 |archive-date=2006-06-15 |url-status=dead }}

In 2002, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa declared various NGO's illegal, including the Amani Trust; the Trust was also accused of working with the British government to unseat President Robert Mugabe and destabilize the nation.{{Cite web |url= http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR460152003?open&of=ENG-2F3 |title=Zimbabwe: Rights under siege: State intimidation of Human Rights NGO Amani Trust |agency= Amnesty International |access-date= 2007-09-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061202124757/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR460152003?open&of=ENG-2F3 |archive-date= 2006-12-02 |url-status=dead}}