26 to torture him with iron bars, sjamboks and knives. He was beaten all over his body, and including on both feet with a stick (falanga). They tried to force him into a car but he refused. They used a knife and screwdriver to pick inside both his palms. The Zanu (PF) supporters left him after his supporters attacked them in order to rescue him. He experienced psychological torture: verbal abuse, threats against him and his family and threats of sexual abuse. His palms are cut up; he has wounds sustained from dragging, and has a knife scar on his elbow. • B.P. was stoned by a group of people in Chiwendzo Township on 26 July. As a result of the attack, he experiences pain in the left elbow joint and the left side of the chest. • On 28 July, around 10 p.m., W.J. was trying to outrun Zanu (PF) supporters who were chasing him and four other colleagues. The Zanu (PF) supporters were trying to catch and beat them. Unfortunately, the five stumbled upon a Zanu (PF) base. W.J. and two others were abducted, searched, and beaten with booted feet, fists and sticks. The assailants used another implement to beat their victims, which W.J. was unable to identify. The three victims were put into a room together and put under guard. The Zanu (PF) assailants beat and interrogated the three prisoners. The following day W.J. and his two colleagues were forced to chant slogans as they were beaten some more. They were told that they were going to be killed and placed into a vehicle one by one. W.J. was, at that time, able to escape, from whence he made his way back to Bindura. W.J. still experiences headaches, pains in his legs, back and chest and has had recurring trouble sleeping. • On 28 July, S.M. was at the polling station at Chireka with three other colleagues. They were monitoring the by-election for their party, MDC. Zanu (PF) supporters came in three cars, disembarked and surrounded the four MDC supporters. S.M. and his friends fled to a mountain and tried to find their way to Bindura. Unfortunately, they found their way to Manhenga Base where they were captured, searched, stripped of their clothes and beaten by Zanu (PF) supporters. The assailants stole their victims’ clothes and money. S.M. and his friends were bundled into a vehicle and driven to Chireka where they were told they were going to be killed. S.M. managed to escape and meet up with a police truck. S.M. reported the incident and the police took him back to Manhenga Police Camp. The perpetrators were locked up and S.M. was asked to come back to get the RRB number, but by the time he arrived the next day, the perpetrators had been released from custody. S.M. experiences headache, pain in the legs and back and experiences disturbed sleep. He was subjected to verbal abuse, threats, false accusations, and deprived of food and water. • On 28 July, Zanu (PF) supporters attacked MDC supporter, Stephen Baudi. • On Candwell Farm in Bindura, Zanu (PF) supporters and ‘war veteran’ militias beat MDC supporter, Stenford Kachai, and former MDC candidate for Shamva, Shadreck Mashinya, with batons. Kachai and Mashinya (who is confined to a wheelchair) were forced to push the car they were traveling in despite one of the tires being punctured; they were then beaten all over the body. The two were saved by the intervention of the police. Kachai identified one of the attackers as Ison Sakunzeka. Makoni West • On 7 July, at Shangwe BC in Rusape, Nathaniel “Punish” Mhiripiri, war veteran militias and other unnamed Zanu (PF) supporters, cornered and assaulted MDC supporters Samson Magumura and Robert Kwaramba with hammers, chains and a pickaxe handle. Kwaramba sustained a serious elbow fracture. Magumura sustained serious head, arm AMANI TRUST: Organised Violence and Torture in the Bye-Elections held in Zimbabwe during 2000 and 2001.