The escalating pre-election terror in Zimbabwe is being documented in a chilling map of the violence, in the latest tactic deployed by bloggers against the regime of Robert Mugabe.
As four more opposition supporters were found dead today, the Zimbabwe civic action support group Sokwanele is attempting to highlight the scale of the pre-election violence with a map that pinpoints each reported attack and identifies those said to have been responsible. So far, more than 1,300 separate incidents have been reported, in what Sokwanele claims is only a "sample".
Explaining the project, it says: "The cases here represent those people who have found a way out of the areas where they are being persecuted, those who have managed to find assistance, or have managed to find someone that they have been able to report their experience to."
It has also produced a very disturbing picture gallery of the aftermath of the violence, which includes images of the victims of the attacks [warning: distressing content].
Others are turning to verse. "Broke-Buttock Blues", by John Eppel, has been posted by blogger Bev Clarke on Kubatana net.
"Zimbabwe is experiencing an epidemic of torture currently," according to Piers Pigou, a former investigator for South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission.
Why hasn't Nelson Mandela condemned Mugabe? Journalist Christopher Hitchens winced when he was told that Mandela's doctors have advised him to avoid stress.
Blogger Natasha Msoza urges Mandela to speak out, or at least sign a petition calling for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
Yesterday, the Guardian asked: "Will the terror he [Mugabe] has unleashed overcome the hatred of his rule, or the desperation of his people?"
