77 Amani Trust case number 823 Report number Sex male 53 Name C.I Age 34 ID number Province Mashonaland East District Wedza Employment Unemployed Date of report 04/03/02 Nature of incident Assault, abduction, torture Date of incident 26/02/02 Perpetrators Zanu PF supporters, police Case history At Bristol Farm Compound in Wedza on 26/02/02 at 22.00h, C.I. and companions were surrounded by Zanu PF supporters. They were told that they were going to be beaten up because they supported the MDC. C.I. told the Zanu PF supporters that the MDC was a legal party. In response, he was tied up and beaten, and forced to walk barefoot to their base twenty kilometres away in Numwa. He was detained overnight and was tortured with whips and sticks, all over his body and under the soles of his feet. The police arrived at the base at 08.00h on 27/02/02, and took C.I. away to their police camp. Here he was threatened and forced to give a statement. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 3 On clinical examination 6 days after the event, the patient had fracture of his left clavicle, which was confirmed on Xray, and managed by an orthopaedic surgeon. He also had 5 extensive linear haematomas on his back, and bilateral tender plantar surfaces of his feet, consistent with his testimony of torture. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.