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"Bullets for Each of You"
State-Sponsored Violence since Zimbabwe's March 29 Elections
I. Summary
II.
Recommendations
To the
Government of Zimbabwe
To the
Movement for Democratic Change
To the
Southern African Development Community
To the
African Union
To the EU,
US and other international donors
To United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
III.
Methodology
IV. Background
Organized
Political Violence
Ongoing State Repression
General Elections in March 2008
V.
State-Sponsored Violence and Torture since the March 29 Elections
A Campaign
of Violence
Reasons for
the Violence
Incitement
and Organization of the Violence
VI. Patterns
of Violence
Abductions
and Killings in Mashonaland East and Harare
Torture
Camps and Bases in Manicaland, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central,
Mashonaland West and Masvingo
"Re-education"
Meetings in Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland West
Creation of
'No-Go' Areas in Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central
Arrests,
Beatings and Torture of MDC activists in Harare
Violence,
Looting and the Destruction of Homes and Property in Mashonaland, Masvingo and
Manicaland
Attacks by
MDC Activists
VII.
Harassment and Attacks on Civil Society
Attacks on
Election Observers
Arrests of
Journalists, Lawyers and Civil Society Activists
VIII.
Government Response to the Abuses
Failure of
the Police to Prevent Violence
IX.
Zimbabwe's International Human Rights Obligations
X. Impunity
and the Need for Accountability
XI. Response
of International Actors
SADC and the
AU..
Other
International Actors
XII.
Acknowledgements
"If you vote for MDC in the presidential runoff election, you have seen the bullets, we have enough for each one of you, so beware."
-Soldiers addressing villagers at meetings in Karoi, Mashonaland West
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