Table 1 Numbers and percentages of human rights violations reported between July 2001 and December 2003 Category Torture Property intimidation Political discrimination Unlawful detention Freedom of expression and association Unlawful arrest Assault Abduction/kidnapping Displacement Murder Death threats School closure Disappearance Rape Attempted murder Total: Number 2572 1316 1048 1041 860 650 474 391 219 105 92 46 32 13 12 8871 It is important here to point out that the violation categories changed over time, partly because of refinement in reporting the types of violations themselves changed, as will be seen changes do not alter some of the major findings, such reporting of torture over the three years. Percentage 29 15 12 12 10 7 5 4 3 1.2 1.1 0.52 0.36 0.15 0.13 used in the reports and partly because later. However, the as the continuous The data, despite the limitations about prevalence, still allow the testing of a number of hypotheses, as indicated earlier. As can be seen from Figure 1, there are decided differences between the numbers of violations between the three years, as well as differences in the numbers of particular violations over the same period. The first obvious conclusion – supported by the statistical analysis – is that 2001 and 2002 had many more violations reported than was the case in 2003. 11