44 Amani Trust case number 656 Report number Sex male 20 Name W.C Age 26 ID number Province Mashonaland Central District Bindura/Rushinga Political Affiliation Date of report • 07/02/02 • 27/02/02 • ? Employment Unemployed Nature of incident Abduction, assault Date of incident • 04/02/02 • 23/02/02 • 20/03/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF activists Case history • • • W.C. was at home on 04/02/02 at Mupandira Village in Musana when approximately twenty Zanu PF activists came and demanded that he accompany them to their base. W.C. refused and in the ensuing struggle was injured on the palm of his right hand and on his left knee. On 23/02/02 a group of Zanu PF activists accosted and stoned W.C. and companions in Rushinga. The men were taken to their base and were beaten up for a period lasting twenty-four hours before the men managed to escape. On 20/03/02 at 15.00h W.C. was taken from his house at Nyakabai Village by a group of approximately thirty Zanu PF supporters. He was taken to their base and forced to exercises and stand in various postures for an hour. He was released, but was followed by four of the activists who beat him severely with heavy sticks. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 3 On clinical examination after the second event the patient had a right subconjunctival hemorrhage and backache, but no visible soft tissue injuries, and on examination after the third event, he had extensive swelling with tenderness of his upper and lower right arm, but no fractures. He also had several small tears on both palmar surfaces, and extensive abrasions on his left knee. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.