94 Amani Trust case number 596 Report number Sex male 70 Name G.M Age 27 ID number Province Harare District Harare Employment Taxi rank marshall Date of report 07/01/02 Nature of incident Assault, detention Date of incident 05/01/02 Perpetrators Plainclothes officers Case history G.M. was at Cleveland House in Harare on 05/01/02 when himself and five others were taken to Harare Central Police Station and interrogated by plainclothes officers. G.M. was accused of being a member of the NCA and was beaten up with baton sticks across the buttocks. After this, he was driven around Warren Park and Hatcliffe before being returned to the station. At the station, he was hit on his left ear, before being released. He was also threatened with death. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 4 On clinical examination 2 days after the event, the patient had a 4x4cm haematoma of his left shoulder, and then extensive deep haematomas of both buttocks and upper thighs, with marked soft tissue swelling. He was psychologically disturbed as shown by his high SRQ-8 score. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.