31 15.5 Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2010 Given the extent of the well-publicised corruption in Zimbabwe, it’s not surprising that the country ranked 134 out of 178 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2010, with Somalia being ranked the worst of all. Zimbabwe falls into the ‘Highly Corrupt’ category, which it shared on a parallel ranking with countries like Nigeria and Sierra Leone. 131 16 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 16.1 Beaten, brutalised, mown down from helicopters and buried alive “The attacks… left the deepest scars, and it wasn’t just the guns” Hilary Andersson, BBC Panorama documentary 132 This section includes information from the BBC Panorama documentary of August 8, 2011, which has once again raised the profile of gross human rights abuses in Marange. It also elaborates on the shocking abuses that took place during Operation Chikorokoza Chapera and Operation Hakudzokwi, and gives an update of the situation in areas controlled by the private mining companies. Beatings by the police and army are relentless and inflicted to cause maximum injury 133 http://www.hrw.org/reports/2009/06/26/diamonds-rough 131 Transparency International, ‘Corruption Perceptions Index 2010’, (click on ‘Read Report’) http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results 132 BBC Panorama, ‘Soldiers tell of Zimbabwe massacre’, video link, 8 August, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9556000/9556242.stm 133 Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia, ‘Zimbabwe diamond export ban ends, despite objections’, 1 June, 2011: