“Bullets for Each of You”

State-Sponsored Violence since Zimbabwe’s March 29 Elections

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• 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

 

June 2008   ISBN: 1-56432-324-2