One year ago, the government of Zimbabwe began its judicial harassment of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). This signalled a change of the government’s tactics, from violent repression to an approach of prolonged harassment of trade unionists and other human rights defenders. By repeatedly pursuing trade unionists with fabricated criminal charges and allowing the threat of heavy sentences to linger with repeatedly postponed trials, the government has been undertaking a relentless campaign to discourage workers from defending their interests.
