As can be seen from Table 11, most person were injured by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, but a large number were also injured by members of the Zimbabwe National Army. Some were injured by more than one branch — uniform branch and support unit of the ZRP — or more than one agency — ZRP and ZNA. Table 11 Alleged perpetrators of human rights violations Zimbabwe National Army 16 Zimbabwe Republic Police 23 Riot Squad 2 Criminal Investigation Department 1 Support Unit 4 The medical complaints of these survivors were split between those who had been shot — death, bullet wound and amputation — and those who had been assaulted — fracture, pain. Two person complained that they had lost employment as a result of the injuries sustained. One man, for example, sustained permanent disability — loss of function in his arm — as a result of a bullet wound, and was unable to continue his employment as a driver due to the disability. Table 12 Medical complaints of victims of Food Riots [n=42] death 1 bullet wound 10 amputation 1 fracture 4 pain 12 loss of job 3 epilepsy 1 As regards the deaths, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has only been able to obtain information on the follow-up to one death, that of Kudzai Ndlovu who was shot and killed in Gweru. The public inquest, which was concluded in March 1999, revealed a wholly unsatisfactory situation. The presiding magistrate noted that no satisfactory investigations were conducted in order to reveal the identity of the perpetrator, and went so far as to state that the ZRP in Gweru were actually stifling investigations. He then recommended that the investigations should be taken over by an independent team of investigators from a different town. This is clearly at variance with the assertions of Superintendant Bvudzijena and the ZRP’s own report. Torture Torture can be defined according to various different definitions, the most common of which are the definitions contained in the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment (UN.1984) and the Declaration of Tokyo (WMA.1975). The latter has remained the most complete statement about torture yet produced by the medical profession.

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