TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 SEX AND AGE ............................................................................................................................... 4 MARITAL STATUS ........................................................................................................................ 4 EMPLOYMENT IN ZIMBABWE ....................................................................................................... 5 POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT IN ZIMBABWE .................................................................................... 6 EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE AND TORTURE ......................................................................................... 6 3.1 INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND TORTURE ...................................................................................... 6 3.2 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF FIRST REPORTED TORTURE INCIDENT ......................................... 7 3.3 DATE OF FIRST REPORTED TORTURE INCIDENT ........................................................................... 7 3.4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME OF FIRST INCIDENT AND TIME OF ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA... 8 3.5 ARREST AND/OR DETENTION ..................................................................................................... 10 3.6 FORMS OF TORTURE EXPERIENCED BY CLIENTS ........................................................................ 10 3.6.1 Physical torture...................................................................................................................... 11 3.6.2 Psychological torture ............................................................................................................. 11 3.7 PERPETRATORS OF TORTURE ..................................................................................................... 12 4 ASSESSING LEVELS OF TRAUMA AND ASSISTANCE PROVISION ........................................................ 13 4.1 4.2 5 CLINICAL ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................. 13 ASSISTANCE PROVISION TO CLIENTS ......................................................................................... 14 CONCLUDING COMMENTS .................................................................................................................. 16 2

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