4 By a state official or another individual acting with the acquiescence of the State. The Research Unit has fared well in the delivery of its objective albeit with some unforeseen temporary setbacks such as insufficient human and financial resources as shall be seen in this report. The Unit has throughout the year produced press statements on important occasions as well as on issues of concern in the respect of human rights in Zimbabwe. The unit has also produced Monthly Political Violence Reports, Human Rights Bulletins as well as ad hoc/special reports on issues of concern and in pursuant with the Unit’s objective. Data Bases and data collection Throughout the year the Unit collected information from member organizations, partner organizations as well as from the Public Interest Unit of the Forum itself. This information was then fed into the databases, which are in keep of the Forum. The Unit operates four databases, which are interlinked. These data bases include the 1. Press politically motivated violations of human rights. This database contains information from the public domain on politically motivated violations of human rights. The main source has been newspapers but with time there is now also use of electronic Internet media. The newspapers that the unit used were local newspapers for ease of reference and verification of the information through the newspapers’ libraries. These newspapers have included The Herald, The Sunday Mail, The Chronicle, The Manica Post, The Financial Gazette, The Standard and The Independent. Of the above only 3 are independent newspapers, with one of them, The Financial Gazette having its independence questioned by others. The other 2, The Independent and The Standard are from the same media house. The independent newspapers operate only on a weekly basis. 3