85 Amani Trust case number 959 Report number Sex female 61 Name C.K Age 73 ID number Province Mashonaland Central District Bindura Employment Unemployed Date of report 02/04/02 Nature of incident Assault Date of incident 31/03/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF supporters Case history C.K. was at home in the Chief Musana area on 31/03/02 when Zanu PF supporters arrived at her son’s residence. They began to destroy his house and assault him. Upon hearing the cries, C.K. went out to investigate. She saw twelve Zanu PF supporters attacking the son and tried to intervene. She was punched on her right cheek and fell down. A brick was then thrown on her back and she was kicked once on the back whilst lying down. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 4 On clinical examination 2 days after the event she was complaining of severe pain over her right lower ribs and thoracic spine and her right cheek. She was moderately tender to palpation over her right cheek, but with no detectable bruising. She was also tender to palpation over her right lower chest wall and lower thoracic spine, but with no swelling or bruising or neurological changes. A chest Xray was normal, and the patient settled on analgesia. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.