According to human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Mugabe's government regularly mistreats opposition politicians and their supporters, journalists, civil society activists and human rights defenders. 
Kwa mujibu wa mashirika ya kutetea haki za binadamu ya Amnesty International na Human Rights Watch, Serikali ya Mugabe mara kwa mara imekuwa ikiwatendea isivyo wapinzani na wafuasi wao, waandishi wa habari, mashirika ya kiraia pamoja na wanaharakati wa haki za binadamu.