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Eyewitness: Raped for opposing Mugabe


Ruling party supporters in rural Zimbabwe

Twenty three-year-old Zimbabwean Maidei [not her real name] struggled to talk about her ordeal at the hands of Zimbabwe's ruling party youths who were keeping her captive.


"I was taken hostage by Zanu-PF youths who are being led by a major and war veteran," she said.


"One of them said I had to renounce my allegiance to opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).


"It was against my will and he did not use any protection."