the Southern African region. The report refers to the definition that is appropriate to the human rights violation being described. 3.2 Violence monitoring The politically motivated violence, which has spiralled in the past two months of 2000, became a matter of immense concern to all the members of the Human Rights NGO Forum. The Human Rights NGO Forum accordingly started a project to record and act upon cases of political violence and to support and unify the initiatives being pursued by individual members of the Forum. It began gathering statements from victims on 11 May 2000. The project has already received a large number of survivors' accounts of torture and beatings, as well as cases of killings. Together with the numerous reports of political violence in the press, these victims' accounts provide yet more evidence that Zimbabwe is experiencing gross human rights violations. The Human Rights Forum has issued a number of reports to date that have described the organised violence and torture14. These reports have been based upon press reports as well as eyewitness testimonies and the statements of victims themselves. Additionally, the AMANI Trust has produced a series of quantitative summaries of the violence. 3.3 Extra-judicial killings • • • • • • • At the time of writing, 29 people are reported as having been killed. Reported cases of fatalities include the following15:In Bindura two MDC supporters were killed after a Zanu (PF) vehicle stopped the vehicle carrying MDC supporters back from a rally. Two persons from the Zanu (PF) vehicle then attacked the cab of the MDC vehicle with iron bars and then tossed a petrol bomb inside the cab. Two of the MDC supporters inside the cab died from burns. In Mhangura an MDC organiser was shot and killed. In Kariba MDC supporters were kidnapped by supporters of Zanu (PF) and badly beaten. Two persons died as a result of these assaults. In Harare Zanu (PF) supporters allegedly beat to death a person because he was wearing an MDC tee shirt. In Kariba a farm worker was killed allegedly after Zanu (PF) violently attacked farm workers on an estate village. In the Madziwa district a group of government supporters allegedly beat to death a person who could not produce a Zanu (PF) membership card when called upon to do so. In Macheke a white farmer, who was an active supporter of the MDC, was kidnapped from his farm by war veterans and their supporters and severely beaten and then executed by shooting him in the head. 14 See ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM: VIOLENCE MONITORING PROJECT The Unleashing of Violence: A report on political violence in Zimbabwe. Update for the week ending 15 May 2000; ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM: VIOLENCE MONITORING PROJECT The Unleashing of Violence: A report on political violence in Zimbabwe. Update for the week ending 19 May 2000; ZIMBA BWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM: VIOLENCE MONITORING PROJECT The Unleashing of Violence: A report on political violence in Zimbabwe. Update for the week ending 26 May 2000. 15 See ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM: VIOLENCE MONITORING PROJECT The Unleashing of Violence: A report on political violence in Zimbabwe. Update for the week ending 15 May 2000; ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM: VIOLENCE MONITORING PROJECT The Unleashing of Violence: A report on political violence in Zimbabwe. Update for the week ending 19 May 2000; ZIMBA BWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM: VIOLENCE MONITORING PROJECT The Unleashing of Violence: A report on political violence in Zimbabwe. Update for the week ending 26 May 2000 9