The government has scoffed at the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) report on the recent public protests against fuel price increases saying its contents blaming security forces for using excessive force to deal with the hooligans are unbalanced and leaves a lot to be desired.
In its findings on the aftermath of the 14th of January 2019 disturbances, the ZHRC commissioner Sheila Matindike acknowledged that there was a worrying degree of violence which left a trail of destruction of properties, police stations, shops looting and barricading of roads and infringing on other people’s rights and went on to condemn the heavy handedness by security forces that followed.
The government rejected the report, with Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi describing the report as biased and offside on what really transpired
The government analysis of the disturbances unwarrantedly puts the blame on the opposition MDC for orchestrating the protests that went off spontaneously around the country.