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ZCTU National Labour Protest - Sept 13, 2006 - Index of articles
Nature
of injuries of tortured ZCTU members
Zimbabwe
Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR)
October 04, 2006
The Zimbabwe
Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) states that the
medically confirmed and documented pattern of injuries sustained
by the Harare and Chitungwiza ZCTU
members who were arrested on 13 September 2006 and detained in police
custody until 15 September 2006 is consistent with the testimony
given by the ZCTU members themselves.
This is, that
these were injuries consistent with beatings with blunt objects,
heavy enough to cause fractures (9 fractures in 7 individuals) to
hands and arms and severe and multiple soft tissue injuries to the
backs of the head, shoulders, arms, buttocks and thighs (29 individuals).
Soft tissue
injuries to the soles of the feet (8 individuals), are also consistent
with beatings, and correspond to the torture method called Falanga,
which can leave a torture victim having difficulty with normal walking
for the rest of his or her life.
The Medical
examinations of the arrested ZCTU members showed no
skin abrasions. Abrasions would necessarily result from the shearing
forces associated with falling from a moving vehicle.
Visit the ZADHR
fact
sheet
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