Figure 3 Percentage of alleged perpetrators in April [n=477] More seriously, the types of violations reported are a considerable cause for concern. As can be seen from Figure 4 [over], there are very high percentages of serious assaults [assault with intent to commit grievous bodily harm] reported, and this alleged crime is reported more frequently than ordinary assault: this is a marked change from previous elections and is reflected in the reports of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights [ZADHR] that have indicated that health practitioners have seen extremely serious injuries over the period of this report. Furthermore, significant percentages of abductions and property destruction are also reported. As regards the latter, this frequently involved not only the destruction of an entire house, but was also associated with theft of property and livestock, and even the destruction of livestock.13 Abductions are rarely reported outside of elections, as can be seen from Table 2 [above]. 13 The killing of livestock was a feature of the farm invasions, and can be seen as a form of psychological torture, as is property destruction. Here see JAG/GAPWUZ (2007), DESTRUCTION OF ZIMBABWE’S BACKBONE INDUSTRY IN PURSUIT OF POLITICAL POWER. A qualitative report on events in Zimbabwe’s commercial farming sector since the year 2000. Report prepared by the Justice for Agriculture Trust [JAG] & the General Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe [GAPWUZ]. April 2008. HARARE: JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE TRUST; JAG/RAU (2008), Land, Retribution, and Elections. Post Election Violence on Zimbabwe’s Remaining Farms 2008. Report prepared by the Justice for Agriculture Trust [JAG] & the Research and Advocacy Unit. May 2008. HARARE: JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE TRUST.

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