Roy Bennett has been locked up and assaulted in detention several times since 2000 when he was elected as a legislator for the Movement for Democratic Change in a small town in south eastern Zimbabwe.

• 贝内特自2000年起就曾经多次被监禁并且在关押期间遭到攻击。当时他在津巴布韦东南部的一个小城镇以争取民主变革运动党成员的身份当选议员。