3479828 23 Mar Torture The police assaulted, tortured and interrogated Evans Gogo, together with 3 other vendors at Harare Central Police whilst he was waiting to board a combi to Epworth high-density suburb where he resides. Police officers assaulted Gogo and arrested four (4) other vendors following a clash with in Harare's CBD in the wake of the HCC and JOC commuter omnibus ban. Evans sustained severe leg and head injuries as a result of the torture and is being treated at Parirenyatwa Hospital under police custody. 1 ZRP 24 March Violation of freedom of assembly & association Tendai Nhau led a group of ZANU PF youths to force farmers at Dhawe FArm in Mazowe ward 26 to attend a meeting with Martin Dinha who is the Provincial Governor and resident minister of Mashonaland Central. it is alleged that Tendai Nhau and other ZANU PF YOUTHS went door to door threatening citizens to attend the meeting or else they would face consequences, further, the citizens were told to to bring their BVR registration slips 1 ZANU-PF Supporters 25 Mar Violation of freedom of assembly & association Nicodemus Mudenha a ZANU PF Youth forced farmers at Frogmore Farm in Mazowe to attend a ZANU PF meeting at the neighbouring Forester Farm. He instructed the farmers to bring their national identity cards and BVR registration slips. it was reported that these farmers were forcefully summoned to the ZANU PF meeting owing to the failure of the previous meeting due to low turnover. Unknown ZANU-PF Supporters Nature of violations Violations during March were mostly in the form of harassment and intimidation, politically motivated killings violation of freedom of assembly and association assault, and violation of the right to education. FIGURE 2: Distribution of Perpetrators by Violator Institution March 2018 ZANU PF were the main perpetrators of violence accounting for 59% of the violence, followed by MDC-T, which accounted for 9%, traditional leaders, ZRP, ZPS and unknown all accounted for 8% 11