Witness History: Archive 2013 - Matabeleland Massacres

*** This programme contains graphic descriptions of violence which are very disturbing ***

In the early 1980s, thousands of Zimbabweans were tortured and killed by security forces loyal to the government of Robert Mugabe during a campaign against "dissidents". We hear a survivor's story.

Photo: Troops interrogate suspect in Matabeleland 1983.

Published on Monday, 8th April 2013.

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