Human Rights Forum Report: Who was responsible? I left for home. On my way I saw a blue 504, and a white Sunny and a cream Mazda 626. The owner of the Sunny is CIO. After some 500 metres from the shops, the 626 sped and stopped in front. The back passenger dropped out and pointed a gun. He slapped me in the face and pushed me into the car. He said we should not hold MDC meetings anywhere. They said: “You think you are clever, you MDC people are now behaving like you are already ruling the country.” There were four men in the back of the car and two in the front. One of them I recognise. He is from the President’s office. I recognise him from Kambazuma. I know where he lives. They were also CIOs in the car. I was forced to sit on the lap of one of them who was sitting in the back. I was sitting in the middle and my arms were outstretched. Each arm was handcuffed and it was held by the two guys sitting on either side of the car. The guy in the front seat was slapping me in the face. The other one was sitting behind me and hitting me at the back. I screamed and a cloth was put in my mouth. The car moved. I was bleeding. They took me to a bush near Willowvale industrial area. When they parked the driver didn‟t come out, but the others took me out. I was made to lie on my back and one of them was stepping on my stomach. Two were holding handcuffs with arms outstretched. One of them took a wire from the car and put it in my anus. Then he put it in my penis as well. I fainted and they left me for dead. I came round twice. Once on the spot and then I got to the road and a car found me and took me to Kambuzuma police. I came round again at the police station. An ambulance was called. I fainted again and I don‟t know how I got to hospital. At the hospital, they came two times asking for me. The first time they came on the 3rd of the month. One of the guys came to the hospital, when I was in bed. I saw him and I told the sister who was in the ward and she went to call the police, but he went away. The following morning he came and said I‟m a doctor. He actually came and examined my stomach. I recognised him. My brother was there. Afterwards when the doctor came back the CIO went away. My brother asked the doctor about him and he confirmed he‟s not a doctor, saying he thought he must have been a friend of ours. He was wearing a blue T-shirt. Mbare East Ali Manjengwa, George Tsvuura, Admore, Baba Dhi, Gozho Simango, Edmore Tinaruro, Miriam, Jahannes Mudhuwiwa, Stanley „Rasta‟ and Paddington Nyama Case 9: L.M. & P.M. (Male, Female) — 15 June 2000 On our way back from a campaign mission at Ivan's farm we met Zanu (PF) supporters in a white pick-up. They were carrying small axes, bicycle chains and knobkerries and screwdrivers. They had another sharp object that I don‟t know which they used to try and mark an axe on my back. They stripped us both of our T-shirts and beat us. They beat the lady I was with, P.M. and Alois Nhizva, the candidate. They chased him and pushed him in the water in a quarry. They took $14,000 cash from him and $3000 from me. They destroyed the car headlamps and left me for dead. P.M. was unconscious. Farm workers found us and they poured water on us. We walked a distance and then couldn‟t go any further. Then a lady driving by saw us and took us to Parirenyatwa. The assailants are resident in Mbare and we gave the police their names but no arrests were made. Their leader was Ali Manjengwa. The others are George Tsvuura, Admore, Baba Dhi, Gozho Simango. When they were beating us they told us we have to do our work because we get good pay. Ali said: “We must take the T-shirts or you will die for nothing.” Ali was once arrested, but Tony Gara is said to have gone and got him out of the police station telling them they could not arrest his campaign manager. He is the one who sponsored them and sometimes went to their base or their meeting place at the Zanu (PF) offices in Mbare. Case 10: R.M. (Male) — 1 June 2000 On the 1st of June I was campaigning on Derbyshire Farm with about 36 people, and there were about 120-150 people attending the meeting. While I was addressing the people, a white Mazda pick-up carrying about 15 people wearing Zanu (PF) t-shirts drove up. I know some of them: Ali Majengwa, Edmore Tinaruro, Miriam, Jahannes Mudhuwiwa, Stanley “Rasta”, Paddington Nyama, George Tsvuura, and several others. They were wielding sjamboks, iron bars, bicycle chains and knobkerries. Since my people were not armed, I advised them to flee for their lives. The Zanu (PF) people started attacking everyone who was present at the rally. I ran away. It‟s a rocky area, and many people fell down, injuring themselves. The Zanu (PF) supporters caught up with me whilst shouting, “We want (name withheld)!” Ali Majengwa pushed me over a cliff. I fell a distance of about 6m into the dip and injured my left leg on the shin. I crawled for about 40 to 50 minutes, trying to get away form the assailants. I managed to reach the Seke road and hired a lift to Chitungwiza Police Station where I made a report. We arrived back at the site of the incident to find that the tyres on my car had been deflated, and some of the property and parts of the car had been stolen. The damage to the car comes to about $10 000, and the spare wheel, jack, wheel 11