Torture
Entries related to the use of torture in Zimbabwe.
The Anatomy of Terror
Sokwanele Article: June 10th, 2011
The information in this report has been gathered by civic activists and credible researchers who wish to remain anonymous for both their security and the security of those who helped them compile the data. Sokwanele is facilitating dissemination of this information.
Click on the following links to download the report and associated documents: Over the past decade since 2000, there have been an enormous number of reports detailing the violence and the gross human rights violations that have accompanied Zimbabwe’s crisis. In all the reports – apart from the face-saving propaganda of the former ZANU PF government – it has been clear that the major victims have been members of the MDC [now MDC-T], as well as members of activist civic organizations such as the NCA, the ZCTU, WOZA, and others. It has also been clear that the overwhelming perpetrators have been supporters of ZANU PF, the youth militia, the so-called “war veterans”, and, most serious of all, state agents such as the police, the army, and the CIO.
Flagrant violation of the rule of law on Mount Carmel farm
Sokwanele Article: April 16th, 2009We have added captions and background information to this footage, circulated to the media, of Ben Freeth's recent visit to his father-in-law's farm (on Good Friday, 10 April 2009). Shortly after this visit to Mount Carmel, Ben Freeth wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai:
Dear Prime Minister Tsvangirai
As you are aware I wrote an open letter to you 2 weeks ago asking where we were going because "soon it will be too late."
I likened our country’s economy to that of an engine that is continuing to be stripped. Unfortunately the stripping process has increased in momentum significantly since my letter; and police unfortunately remain complicit with it.
