As discontent over President Robert Mugabe’s catastrophic political and economic failures rises, Zimbabweans are increasingly taking to the streets to express their anger.

In return, where the Mugabe regime is expected to address the crisis,it is responding by escalating the use of the its state security machinery, deploying police officers to brutalise citizens.

Below is a timeline by Tapiwa Zivira, showing the rising use of force on unarmed and defenceless Zimbabweans.