27 Torture: Assault [10 March 2007] The victim was assaulted by police with batons and boots. A police officer jumped and landed on his lower back whilst he was lying prone. Torture: Assault and detention [11 March 2007] The victim claims that he is Mr. Chamisa’s driver. Around 12pm they were driving to Machipisa Police Station to see some colleagues who had been detained by the police. When they were close to Machipisa Shopping Centre, they encountered riot police who stopped them and took Chamisa away and ordered the victim to come with them to Machipisa Police Station where he was ordered to join the other MDC supporters who had been detained. They were then ordered to lie down on their backs and the riot police beat them with batons on the back and buttocks. They were detained and released at midnight on 13th March 2007. Torture: Assault and detention [11 March 2007] The client alleges that he was at Musasiwa Garage in Waterfalls sitting and chatting to a friend. A police pick up truck came to the garage. 5 police officers were in the truck (2 females and 3 men). As soon as the police got out of the car, they immediately started assaulting the client with baton sticks. The client was assaulted on his right arm and leg, The assault went on for about ten minutes. The client was put into the police truck and taken to Machipisa Police Station. He was immediately taken to the cells, where he was left from Sunday 11/03/07 until he was released on Tuesday 13/03/07. Torture: Assault and Detention [11 March 2007] The victim reported that as they were being assaulted by the police in the station at Machipisa in Highfield his spectacles fell off. When he tried to save them, he was ordered to lie down and the beatings continued. The glasses were completely smashed and nothing could be retrieved. from Machipisa he was taken to Matapi Police Station and all his inquiries about fate of glasses produced no positive result. He is very short sighted and he is unable to work or drive. Torture: Assault and Detention [11 March 2007] The victim reported that he was assaulted by police at Machipisa Police station with batons on the head, back and arms. Torture: Assault and Detention [11 March 2007] The victim claims that on the date in question he was arrested by the police while he was driving his car in Highfield. He was taken to Machipisa Police Station where he was detained at around 1200hrs. A rowdy group of a combination of the riot police and Zanu PF youth militia invaded the holding cells and demanded everybody to lie down on their stomachs. He was severely assaulted, beaten and harassed. His private organs were pressed inside and he was beaten on his back, buttocks, head and the chest. They used rifle butts and batons on his body. This all happened for almost 30minutes. He started bleeding from the nose and the various cuts on his body. Torture: Assault and Detention [11 March 2007] Incident occurred at Harare Central Police Station. The client reported that he was assaulted in police cells and was bitten by lice while he as in the cells. Torture: Assault and Detention [11 March 2007] The victim claims that on Sunday 11 March 2007, he was in his car that was part of a convoy of vehicles in a Save Zimbabwe team dispatched to Highfield to observe police activists that had resulted in blocking the prayer scheduled for that day. The client alleged that as they drove along an unmarked road in the Canaan Section of Highfield to the Zimbabwe grounds,