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Pretoria: The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe's Government was accused on Monday of a ``widespread, systematic and planned campaign of organised violence and torture to suppress normal democratic activities.'' The British charity Redress, which helps torture survivors, gave documented examples of 8,871 human rights violations in 2001-2003 to show that torture incidents were concentrated in election periods, especially the March 2002 presidential elections. Its report quotes estimates that more than 200,000 Zimbabweans have been tortured in recent years. ``The most pressing conclusion is the association between serious violations of human rights and elections,'' it says. It adds: ``With the announcement that parliamentary elections will be held in March 2005, addressing the problem of organised torture in Zimbabwe becomes a matter of urgency.'' — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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