Zimbabwe: Human Rights Defenders Arrested, World AIDS Day Activities Disrupted

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has noted with grave concern that the Zimbabwe Republic Police interrupted the commemoration of World AIDS Day on the 1st of December in Harare. "The commemoration of this day by People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) after an initiative by the Women and AIDS Support Net- work (WASN), supported by other AIDS activists from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Zimbabwe Activists on HIV/AIDS (ZAHA) and the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (ZNNP+) had initially been authorised by the police after WASN took them to the High Court to compel them to grant such permission."