42 Amani Trust case number 852 Report number Sex male 18 Name A.C Age 34 ID number Province Mashonaland Central District Muzarabani Political Affiliation Date of report 13/03/02 Nature of incident Abduction, assault Date of incident 04/03/02 Employment Unemployed Perpetrators Zanu PF supporters Case history On 04/03/02 at Chimoro in Muzrabani, A.C. was involved in the distribution of MDC fliers. He was accosted and taken by Zanu PF supporters to their base where he was severely beaten for the entire day. The assailants used heavy sticks and rubber batons. He escaped that night to Harare. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 3 On clinical examination 9 days after the assault the patient had a painful haematoma on his occiput, tenderness along his posterior cervical spine and a tender swelling over his anterior right 10th rib with pain on inspiration but no clinical pleural involvement. The pain settled on analgesia. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.