TABLE 24 Distribution of violations per province: Zimbabwe Peace Project & Human Rights Forum, 2008 ZPP [N=1123] FORUM [N=529] Bulawayo 13 12 Harare 201 154 Manicaland 245 54 Mashonaland Cent 93 107 Mashonaland East 92 61 Mashonaland West 122 136 Masvingo 176 3 Matabeleland North 18 0 Matabeleland South 30 0 Midlands 133 2 There is similar convergence between the Human Rights Forum and the Solidarity Peace Trust in respect of the types of violations. FIGURE 4 Comparison of violation types: Zimbabwe Peace Project and Human Rights Forum, 2008 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Unlawful detention Torture Rape Property violations Murder Kidnapping / abduction Harassment / Intimidation Displacement Discrimination Attempted murder Assault ZPP Forum The trends are very similar, although the magnitudes for each violation were different. However, the percentage frequency and ranks of the violations from the two data sets was highly significant [0.61; p=0.01]. Hence, two different data bases, drawing on different forms of report, showed similar trends, and confirm the trends seen in previous elections. Page 29

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