Zimbabwe Peace Project

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Zimbabwe Peace Project also known as ZPP is a human rights monitoring group in Zimbabwe. The ZPP was established in 2000 by a group of civilians and church members.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/africa/04zimbabwe.html|title=Zimbabwe Police Break Up Protest|last=Bearak|first=Barry|date=2008-12-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} It is critical of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, and its Director Jestina Mukoko was abducted by secret Police and freed only after Zimbabwe High Court orders. It is a non-registered organization and has faced many obstacles because the government suspected that they are creating violence among the society.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/world/africa/zimbabwe-authorities-arrest-opposition-officials.html|title=Zimbabwe Arrests Opposition Officials and a Human Rights Lawyer|last=Polgreen|first=Lydia|date=2013-03-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} ZPP alleged that human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa had been kidnapped. ZPP was involved in documenting human rights abuses by the Zimbabwe government.[http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=8604 Court orders police to find Mukoko] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215193813/http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=8604 |date=15 December 2008 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zimbabwesituation.com/old/dec4_2008.html|title=The Zimbabwe Situation|website=www.zimbabwesituation.com|access-date=2019-06-13}} Other activists have also been abducted by the Secret Police.{{fact|date=October 2024}}

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