# HRW urges Zambia to stop post-election crackdown

https://mins.news/en/item/126060

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-02 19:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/2/hrw-calls-on-zambia-to-halt-post-election-crackdown?traffic_source=rss

> Human Rights Watch urged Zambia’s authorities to end a crackdown launched after Hakainde Hichilema’s disputed August victory. It said opposition figures, journalists and lawyers have been arrested, with some disappearing, and that closing courts has blocked legal challenges to the election result.