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4.PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
A. TABLES
TABLE I -Human Rights (HR) Data Base: the District by District Distribution of victims.
TABLE II - HR Data Base: Comparison of Yearly Totals of Dissident and Army Offences.
TABLE III -The Chronicle Data Base (Specific Reports): the District by District Distribution of victims.
TABLE IV -The Chronicle: Comparison of Yearly Totals of Dissident and Army offences.
TABLE V - General Reports in The Chronicle, announced every 6 months in Parliament, listing numbers of dissident
offences.
TABLE VI -The numbers of alleged killings and arrests of dissidents by government agencies, as given in The
Chronicle.
B.GRAPHS
These can be found immediately following the Tables.
C.DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
This accompanies the graphs, and there is a further discussion in which the possible numbers of real victims is assessed.
KEY TO OFFENCES
X Death
M Missing, presumed dead
P Property loss - destruction or theft
TPhysical torture: includes all types of torture not covered by other categories, such as electrical shock, tying up of
victim, submarino etc.
D Detention (by Govt agencies)
K Kidnap or abduction (by dissidents)
AS Physical torture: Assault with Sticks, or other blunt weapon
ABPhysical torture: Assault with Burning object, or enclosure of victim in burning building
ABy Physical torture: Assault with Bayonette, or other sharp weapon
AG Physical injury: Gun Shot Wound
R Rape
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE: Forced witnessing of violence, in particular against those you love and respect, is a
very effective and devastating form of torture: thousands of Zimbabweans were victims of this experience. Being forced
to watch your family starving as the result of food embargos, or being subjected to verbal threats, are other forms of
psychological torture that whole populations suffered. As this was so wide-spread, no attempt has been made to quantify
psychological torture. Definitions and implications of psychological torture are dealt with in Part Three, I of the report.
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