82 Amani Trust case number 634 Report number Sex male 58 Name T.K Age 26 ID number Province Harare District Harare Employment Unemployed Date of report 29/01/02 Nature of incident Torture Date of incident 28/01/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF youths Case history T.K. was returning from Hatcliffe Clinic on 28/01/02 at 16.00h when he was accosted by a group of people in a Mazda 323. He was asked where MDC meetings were held and who was occupying MDC party structures. T.K was then held as they squeezed his diaphragm with their hands. The men then connected cables from the revving engine of the car and pressed them against the thighs of T.K. and under his fingernails. He was then forced to swallow some herbs. After this he was released. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: On clinical examination the day after the incident the patient was profoundly ill with uncontrollable diarrhoea and more than 10% dehydrated. He was apyrexial. He had a 1cm laceration on his right cheek, and his tongue was stained dark brown. There was no particular odour of an aromatic or organic poison. His quadriceps muscles were in severe spasm and he was unable to straighten his legs. Neurologically he was slightly disorientated, but with no other abnormalities. His pupils were equal and reacting to light, with no dilation or constriction. His chest was clear and his abdomen was scaphoid and soft, with no organomegaly. He was urgently transferred to a high care unit, where he was found to have a severe electrolyte imbalance, secondary to the herb induced diarrhoea. He subsequently died in hospital 4 days later, due to electrolyte imbalance. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.