Peace studies & conflict resolution
Zimbabwe and the Politics of Torture
by John Brinkley
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On June 25, 2002, the U.S. Institute of Peace and
the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) convened a
Current Issues Briefing entitled “Zimbabwe: The
Mugabe Government and the Politics of Torture.”
Our principal purpose was to shed light on an issue
that has drawn little attention from the media or
from governments: the widespread use of torture as
a political tool by President Robert Mugabe’s
regime. “The purpose of torture,” CVT says, “is to
control populations, by destroying individual
leaders and frightening entire communities.”
The speakers at the June 25 Current Issues
Briefing were Timothy Docking, Africa specialist
and program officer in the Institute’s fellowship
program, who moderated the event; Douglas
Johnson, director of the Center for Victims of
Torture, who gave brief opening remarks; Tony Reeler,
clinical director of Amani Trust; Ray Choto, Zimbabwean
journalist and research fellow at Stanford
University, who was tortured by agents of the
Mugabe government in 1999 for refusing to reveal
sources; and John Prendergast, co-director of the
International Crisis Group’s Africa Program.
This report was written by John Brinkley,
director of public outreach at the Institute.
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher United States Institute of Peace
- Publication Date August 2002
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781601275851
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Pages6
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesSpecial Report
- Series Part92
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