Amani Trust

Amani Trust

The Amani Trust is a Zimbabwean non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to preventing organized violence and torture, to advocacy for the rights of victims and to rehabilitation of victims through community-based care. [ [http://www.kubatana.net/html/sectors/ama001.asp?sector=VICSUP&details=Tel&orgcode=ama001 Kubatana - AMANI Trust ] ] It was established in 1993 and is headquartered in Harare.

In 2002, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa declared various NGO's illegal, including the Amani Trust; and also was accused of working with the British government to unseat President Robert Mugabe and destabilize the nation. [ [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR460152003?open&of=ENG-2F3 Zimbabwe: Rights under siege: State intimidation of Human Rights NGO Amani Trust. | Amnesty International ] ]

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