and was beaten again. That night I was taken to two other police stations for further beatings - why I don't know, and by then I was past caring. I was given no food the entire time I was in custody.

"Back at Harare Central on Wednesday, I was suddenly told by officers I'd never seen before that I could go. But they warned me I was a marked man, that I would be dead by next March.

"Now, to protect my family and neighbours, I have left home and am living in hiding. But I will carry on my work for the MDC. I am prepared to take more beatings if I must. And if necessary I am prepared to die."