Human Rights Forum Report: Who was responsible? Table 1: Political Affiliation of Victims who reported to the Human Rights NGO Forum Political Affiliation of Victims Number of Victims MDC 609 Unknown +None 63 U.P 21 Zanu (PF) 5 ZUD 6 Total 704 Gross human rights violations The nature of the human rights violations reported and the frequency is indicated in the table below. Whilst they represent the frequency of violations reported to the Human Rights Forum and the pattern of violations they by no means reflect the number of violations carried out on a national scale. Pre-election violence affected huge numbers of people and as such these numbers do not give a comprehensive picture of the actual scale of violations. For example, whilst only 14 murders were reported to the Forum, the number of murders on a national scale was about 40. Additionally, nearly all victims who made reports to the Forum spoke of several other persons who had suffered the same violations as they had but who were unable to report or were reluctant to do so due to fear of further victimization. Table 2: Political Violence: Violence Sub-type for cases reported to Human Rights Forum Sub-type Assault Arbitrary + Unlawful Arrest Attempted Unlawful Killing Arson Death Threat Threat (to well-being other than death) Kidnapping + disappearance Political Intimidation Political Victimization Property Damage + Destruction Rape Theft Torture Unlawful Detention Unlawful Killing Total Number of Violations recorded # 484 21 5 72 7 78 46 52 5 159 5 85 36 28 14 1,097 % 44 2 0.5 6.6 0.6 7.1 4.2 4.7 0.5 14.5 0.5 7.7 3.3 2.5 1.3 100 N.B There is some over-lap between sub-types. For example all victims of torture were also kidnapped. Bearing in mind the point made above about re-classifying various crimes as torture, it will be seen that 75% of the cases report either physical or psychological torture, or both. 4