President Robert Mugabe's human rights record has been condemned for the first time by African leaders, significantly increasing pressure on the Zimbabwean leader to restore the rule of law and stop evicting people from their homes. The unprecedented criticism comes from the African Union's Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, which had until now been silent about the growing evidence of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, according to the Mail and Guardian.