"You Will Be Thouroughly Beaten" - The Brutal Suppression of Dissent in Zimbabwe
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 1 November 2006
- Tags:
- Human Rights, Zimbabwe, Conflict, Peace and Security, Environment
This report highlights the repressive tactics that the government has used in the past year to suppress the increasing political and economic discontent among the population. The police have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of civil society activists during routine meetings or peaceful demonstrations, often with excessive force, and in some cases subjected those in custody to severe beatings that amounted to torture, and other mistreatment.
