26 Appendix 1 Brief reports given by some of those mentioned in the first ZRP report as being involved in “public violence”. . Torture: Assault and Detention [28 February 2007] The victim alleged that on the date in question at around 0800hrs he arrived at Mwamuka Services station in Mbare to join the NCA demonstration. Two police officers came over to where they were, about 15 of them. Some ran away however, seven of them were caught and they were taken to Mbare police station. They were beaten with batons, hands, and booted feet. The victim was made to pay a fine of $2500 and was released at 1700hrs. Torture: Assault and Detention [3 March 2007] The client reported that he went to Sunningdale on 03/03/07 to attend an MDC rally. When he got to Sunspark Shopping Centre, he and his colleagues asked the vendors where the rally was actually taking place. The vendors started shouting that the client and his colleagues were thieves who had come to cause trouble in the area. The client denied this saying that he was only an MDC activist. Staff from a bakery at the shopping centre came out and started accusing the client of looting and destroying their bakery since earlier MDC and Zanu PF supporters had clashed there and caused damage to property. The client with his colleagues started walking away, but soon they realised that the bakery staff was following them. The client was then stopped and the bakery staff started assaulting everyone calling them MDC thieves. The client tried to explain that he had not been involved in the looting and was only trying to attend a rally. Two security guards from Fawcett came and stopped the assault. However, the perpetrators continued to follow the client and his colleagues. They went back towards the shopping centre and as the client was walking he was assaulted on his back with booted feet, fists and sticks after which he passed out. The client was carried by his colleagues to the shopping centre where he was again assaulted. The client tried to get into the shopping centre as there were police there. When the gate to the shopping centre was opened the client was assaulted on his face and his whole body. The client passed out and came around when he was dragged into a room in the bakery. The client was left in a room with a police officer, a plain clothes officer instructed the officer to take him to Braeside Police Station. The police and the owners of the bakery went away to talk while he was being put into the police car. The client was taken out of the car and again brought into the bakery where two men wearing masks started assaulting the client accusing him of looting. The client’s head was put into a toilet chamber, while a police officer took the client’s wallet and money ($150 000.00). The officer continued assaulting the client asking about the MDC leadership. The client was then taken to Braeside Police Station, where he was given his wallet but it now only had $14 000.00. The client was then taken to Avondale Police Station and only released on 06/03/07 after going to court. Torture: Assault and Detention [10 March 2007] The client alleges that on the date of the incident he was putting up fliers with his friend when they met police officers who arrested them and took them to Stoddart Police Station where they were detained. The victim claims that a policeman by the name Zviayo came at around 0200 hours and started to beat him up for about 1 hour 30 minutes. On the second day Zviayo allegedly came back at around 0200 hours and took him from the cells and started to beat him again When the Member-in-Charge heard him crying he stopped the police officer, Zviayo, and detained him again. T he client alleges that after the beating, nothing else happened until they were taken to Harare Central Police Station on Wednesday. The client claims that while they were at Harare Central Police Station at around 1300 hours, some police officers told them to lie on prone position and started beating him with bricks and batons. He then paid a fine of $2 500.00 and went to MDC offices where they were referred for treatment.