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Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum<br />
Torture By State Agents In Zimbabwe<br />
63 17/06/2002<br />
Torture<br />
CM (female, aged 34)<br />
Alleged Perpetrator: unnamed<br />
Place where incident occurred: Buhera<br />
Was assaulted by members of the ZRP from Buhera. They had come from Harare and set up tents<br />
at the station. Came to client's home and demanded to see her husband, BH, who is the youth<br />
chairman in the area. He was away, so they started assaulting the client (wife) with baton sticks all<br />
over her body. She fell unconscious. The assailants stayed at the client's home the whole night but<br />
her husband did not turn up. He had escaped and the wife did not know of his whereabouts. She<br />
alleges members of the CIO persistently came looking for him and also harassed the client. They<br />
left client's place on 18 June around 8 am. The case was not reported. Client suffered injuries to<br />
the arms and all over her body. Client doesn't have accommodation and has been staying with a<br />
relative since 19 June.<br />
64 24/06/2002<br />
Torture<br />
HS (male, aged 32)<br />
Alleged Perpetrator: unnamed<br />
Place where incident occurred: Buhera Police Station<br />
The victim was approached by men, one of whom was carrying a pistol. They ordered the people<br />
present to produce identity cards. The victim, with his uncle, was ordered to go to the car. They<br />
were taken from Shambamu Business Centre to Buhera Police station where the CIO poured cold<br />
water all over him and assaulted him under the feet with capped baton sticks. He was also beaten<br />
on the back on the back and bashed several times against the wall. They forced his head inside the<br />
toilet. They then fled to Harare from Buhera as the Support Unit officers had come looking for him<br />
again.<br />
65 27/06/2002<br />
Torture<br />
DM (male, aged 48)<br />
Alleged Perpetrator: unnamed<br />
Place where incident occurred: Buhera<br />
Paramilitary police arrived at my home in Buhera at around 01.00hrs. They apprehended me as I<br />
attempted to escape. They demanded my MDC register and cards. I told them that my seniors had<br />
taken them away but they didn't believe me and hence they proceeded to search my bedroom and<br />
ransacked everything. When they failed to find anything, I was ordered to lie down and was beaten<br />
on my buttocks with a stick. They told me that they were going to come back and that I must have<br />
the registers when they returned.<br />
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