56 Amani Trust case number 749 Report number Sex male 32 Name M.C Age 33 ID number Province Mashonaland Central District Mvurwi Employment Self-employed Date of report 22/02/02 Nature of incident Assault Date of incident • 19/02/02 • 24/04/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF supporters, Amos Chigwada Case history • • M.C. and ten others were putting up MDC posters in Mvurwi and Concession on 19/02/02. As they were returning along a route, they discovered that some of the posters had been pulled down. The group of men began to replace them, but were stopped by a group of Zanu PF supporters who arrived in a minibus. M.C. and his companions were attacked with stones, bottles, and pieces of iron. M.C. was hit in the abdomen during the assault, and injured his leg whilst trying to get into a car for protection. M.C. and his companions say that the police are seeking them, claiming that they began the violence. On 24/04/02 M.C. was assaulted at Chipanza Farm near Centenary whilst he was at home at 01.00h. The intruders beat his back and buttocks with sticks, and then destroyed the household property of M.C, including a TV, radio and furniture. He fled that night and has not returned. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 1 On clinical examination 3 days after the first assault the patient had bilateral tenderness of his lateral chest walls and tenderness of his upper abdominal wall. There was no swelling or bruising, or evidence of visceral injury. He had an 8cm superficial abrasion on his right anterior shin, and tender plantar surfaces of his feet but with no visible bruising. On clinical examination after the second event he had extensive muscular tenderness of his lower back and buttocks, but no visible bruising. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.