Our friends at Human Rights Watch have just released an important report that is a must read for anyone following the Zimbabwe crisis. “Bullets for Each of You” is a professional look at the flawed electoral process and a warning siren to the international community.
Here is a paragraph or two from the report summary:
” The campaign of violence and repression in Zimbabwe, aimed at destroying opposition and ensuring that Robert Mugabe is returned as president in runoff elections on June 27, 2008 is claiming thousands of victims as the government at national and local levels actively, systematically and methodically targets Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) activists and perceived MDC supporters.
The violence has been particularly concentrated in former rural strongholds of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)‚ areas that to the party's shock voted for the MDC in the parliamentary and first-round presidential elections. Punishing "sell-outs," former ZANU-PF supporters who voted for the MDC, is a clear objective. Within government-supporting circles, the operation has been dubbed "Operation Makavhoterapapi?" (Operation Where Did You Put Your Vote?).”
