75 Amani Trust case number 719 Report number Sex male 51 Name C.H Age 26 ID number Province Mashonaland East District Marondera Employment Guard Date of report 18/02/02 Nature of incident Assault Date of incident 16/02/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF supporters Case history C.H. was walking from his uncle’s house on 16/02/02 when he met up with a crowd of approximately one hundred and fifty youths at the showground in Marondera. He was found to not possess a Zanu PF party card and was taken to a room in the showground, where he was beaten with iron bars, sticks and sjamboks across the buttocks and under his feet. He was then hit across the back of the head with an empty beer bottle, which smashed into pieces. C.H. was forced to close his eyes and open his mouth whilst a bitter tasting liquid was forced down his throat. Eventually, the assailants left to go and toyitoyi, and C.H escaped with six others who had been held captive in the room. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: On clinical examination 2 days after the assault, the patient had a swollen painful lower left mandible, and left occipital area. He had extensive soft tissue swelling and bruising of both his upper and lower right arm but no fractures. He had tenderness of the lower lumbar area, and patterned track haematomas of his buttocks, consistent with being assaulted with whips. Both plantar surfaces of his feet were very tender and there was a 3cm haematoma on the medial left mid -metatarsal region. His injury pattern was consistent with his testimony of torture. Photographic evidence AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.