A local elections lobby group the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has released its long term observer report which fingers the military and Zanu PF supporters as perpetrators of post election violence.

According to the ZESN report, its observation of political environment in the country, post elections pointed to human rights violations that were perpetrated by the military and Zanu PF supporters.

”in most cases, long term observers could not identify the perpetrators of the violations. Where it could be established, Zanu PF and the military were identified as the main perpetrators. Where unofficial curfews were reported, long term observers reported that there was general apprehension in their respective constituencies as soldiers were indiscriminately beating up people. For instance in Dzivarasekwa, Chitungwiza and Kuwadzana constituencies in Harare province, there were reports of soldiers going into nightclubs asking patrons to leave and randomly beating up people found on the streets on the nights of 1 and 2 August,” noted ZESN.