Table 1 Human rights violations, July 2001 to December 2005 (gross figures) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total 116 223 52 62 18 471 Assault 0 86 388 401 530 1,405 Attempted murder 0 2 10 8 1 21 Death threat 0 12 80 35 9 136 Disappearance 0 28 4 0 0 32 Abduction Displacement 0 11 208 189 609 1,017 Interference with freedoms 12 39 809 760 1,036 2,656 Murder 34 61 10 3 4 112 Property violation 356 807 153 132 11 1,459 Political discrimination 194 388 450 514 488 2,034 Rape 0 7 6 3 4 20 School closure 0 45 1 0 0 46 903 1,172 497 160 136 2,868 Torture Unlawful arrest & detention Total 670 274 627 389 1286 3,246 2,285 3,155 3,295 2,656 4,132 15,523 It can be seen that there is variation in the overall number of violations per year, and that 2005 appears to have been the worst of the five years covered. This can be explained by Operation Murambatsvina and the legislation introduced to interfere further with individual freedoms. It can also be seen that there is considerable variation in the types of violations reported over the years. Overall, it can be seen that unlawful arrest and detention, torture, political discrimination, and interference with freedoms are the most common violations reported, and also that torture in 2002 was the largest single category of violation in any year until 2005, when it was surpassed by unlawful arrests and detentions. Table 2 shows the distribution of the violations over the years in percentage terms. This table perhaps shows more clearly the changing trends in violations: for example, torture shows a continuous decline from the peak in 2002, while both unlawful arrest and detention and interference with freedoms show a steady increase over the period. Table 2 Human rights violations, July 2001 to December 2005 (percentages of the total) 2001 2002 2003 2004 Abduction 0.75 1.44 0.33 0.40 2005 0.12 Assault 0 0.55 2.50 2.58 3.41 Attempted murder 0 0.01 0.06 0.05 0.01 Death threat 0 0.08 0.52 0.23 0.06 Disappearance 0 0.18 0.03 0 0 Displacement 0 0.07 1.34 1.22 3.92 Interference with freedoms 0.08 0.25 5.21 4.90 6.67 Murder 0.22 0.39 0.06 0.02 0.03 Property violation 2.29 5.20 0.99 0.85 0.07 Political discrimination 1.25 2.50 2.90 3.31 3.14 Rape 0 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.03 School closure 0 0.29 0.01 0 0 Torture 5.82 7.57 3.20 1.03 0.88 Unlawful arrest & detention 4.32 1.77 4.04 2.51 8.28 3