66 Amani Trust case number 579 Report number Sex female 42 Name C.G Age 33 ID number Province Midlands District Kwekwe Employment Unemployed Date of report 14/01/02 Nature of incident Assault, destruction of private property Date of incident 12/01/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF supporters. Case history A group of more than one hundred Zanu PF supporters arrived at 01.00h at the house of C.G on 12/01/01. They demanded to see her husband who is the Midlands Provincial MDC Secretary. The husband of C.G. was not present at the time, and she was beaten up. The house was looted and then burnt to the ground, all the household goods in the home being destroyed. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 4 On clinical examination 2 days after the event the patient was markedly psychologically traumatised, with a high SRQ-8. She had a severely swollen tender right wrist, which had no fracture on Xray. She had extensive deep haematomas of both buttocks extending down her posterior thighs. She also had a painful left hip, but had full range of movement. The patient was treated with analgesia, physiotherapy and counseling. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.