News of Zimbabwe Abuses using the Net: Resources
The BBC has published evidence that abuses, beatings, intimidation and undermining of the democratic process are being co-ordinated in Zimbabwe by the police and army (vua Paul Canning).
It is possible to keep track of what is happening on the ground via Net Feeds provided by various civil liberties bodies. This is an updated version of a Wardman Wire post “Scrutinise the Zimbabwe Elections using Twitter and Flickr: Sokwanele” from a few days ago.
The situation appears to be getting worse, so please do what you can to keep the spotlight on it.
Key Points
There are a number of organisations and resources listed here. This is a summary.
- Map of incidents: Sokwanele Map
- Most frequent updates: Sokwanele Blog, RSS Feed, Twitter. Women and Men of Zimbabwe.
- Photo feed: Sokwanele photo feed (on Wardman Wire blog front page).
- Video: Eyes on Zimbabwe
- Human Rights/Free Media: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Zimbabwe Human NGO Rights Forum
