Distribution of Pepetrators by Province 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Pepetrators Heal Zimbabwe recorded a total of 225 perpetrators (185 males and 40 females) who were involved in committing human rights violations around the BVR exercise. To note is that most of these perpetrators would intimidate people at public functions such as political rallies, food aid distribution meetings, funerals etc. The perpetrators were distributed across all the 10 provinces which are Midlands, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central, Manicaland, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Harare Metropolitan province, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South. Highest incidences of human rights violations were recorded in political hotspots which are Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Midlands, and Manicaland. Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East had the highest number of perpetrators with 46 and 43 respectively. 4