TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................1 About this report ........................................................................................................3 2 Human rights violations perpetrated to maintain political power...............................4 3 Violations in the 2008 elections..................................................................................6 29 March election run-up...........................................................................................6 27 June presidential run-off .......................................................................................6 ZANU-PF torture camps............................................................................................7 ZANU-PF denials ......................................................................................................8 Political parties’ involvement ....................................................................................8 Case studies................................................................................................................8 4 Humanitarian situation exacerbated..........................................................................13 Humanitarian operations banned .............................................................................13 Destruction of livelihoods of rural farmers..............................................................14 5 Sexual violence .........................................................................................................16 6 Driven deeper into poverty .......................................................................................17 Use of food as a political tool ..................................................................................17 Forced to feed government supporters.....................................................................17 Lost livelihoods........................................................................................................18 7 The Zimbabwe Republic Police................................................................................19 Law and Order section .............................................................................................19 Anti-riot police.........................................................................................................21 8 International law .......................................................................................................24 The right to a remedy...............................................................................................25 9 Conclusion ................................................................................................................26 10 Recommendations...................................................................................................27 Recommendations to the government of Zimbabwe ...............................................27 Recommendations to the international community .................................................30 Endnotes.......................................................................................................................31 AI Index: AFR 46/028/2008 Amnesty International