so blatantly been involved in human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, particularly in a context where no riots
or other civil disturbances are taking place: almost one in three incidents allegedly involve at least one
soldier. 63 Furthermore, in the run up to the elections, which was by and large, but not entirely peaceful,
Figure 1: Perpetrators showing JOC and ZANU groupings
Figure 2: Perpetrators: 30 March - 30 April (N victims = 618)
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In the 1990s food riots, army were responsible for deaths and beatings, but this was in a context of rioting and looting in
Harare. Now the army is going into peaceful areas and fomenting violence.
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