{"id":41713,"date":"2026-08-06T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41713"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:28:51","slug":"zimbabwe-rights-groups-condemn-government-following-arrest-of-activists","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-rights-groups-condemn-government-following-arrest-of-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe rights groups condemn government following arrest of activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights groups in Zimbabwe have hit out at the government following the arrest of several activists ahead of planned peaceful protests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rights watchdogs claim authorities are stepping up a crackdown on basic freedoms, using security forces to crush dissent as public frustration grows over the country&#8217;s worsening economic crisis and governance issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from Harare, John Kassim confirmed that those detained were picked up by police while preparing for demonstrations. Local civic groups have slammed the arrests, calling them a blatant breach of the constitution, which guarantees the right to assemble and protest peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Human rights defenders are now calling on the Zimbabwean government to release the activists immediately, drop all charges linked to the protests, and respect the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23505,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41713","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Rights groups in Zimbabwe demand immediate release of detained activist","published_date":"2026-08-06 13:28:19","news_description":"Rights groups in Zimbabwe demand immediate release of detained activist","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41714,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41713\/revisions\/41714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}