54 Amani Trust case number 706 Report number Sex male 30 Name T.C Age 30 ID number Province Mashonaland East District UMP Political Affiliation MDC Date of report 12/02/02 Nature of incident Assault, intimidation. Date of incident 07/02/02 Employment Unemployed Perpetrators Police, unknown youths Case history On 07/02/02, a group of approximately thirty people, including armed policemen, an officer in charge, and CID went to the house of T.C, accusing him of holding ‘illegal’ MDC rally meetings. The house was searched for a gun, but nothing was found. Later that day, T.C. and his wife tried to board a bus for Harare at Nhakiwa Business Centre, but they were intercepted by a group of youths. T.C. was dragged off the bus and kicked, before being blindfolded and taken to an anthill. Here he was beaten up with a stick across his buttocks, before being released with his wife. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 2 On clinical examination 6 days after the event the patient had extensive bruising of both buttocks and tenderness over the right iliac crest. There were no fractures. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.