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Torture methods employed against
detainees by the Ethiopian armed and security forces in the Ogaden are
numerous, few among them are:
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Indiscriminate
beatings with gun butts and barrels, heavy sticks or iron bars.
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Gang raping of
women and child molestation.
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Beatings on the
soles of the feet, joints, ankles, shinbone and the testicles.
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Victims are
burned with cigarettes.
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Deprivation of
sleep and food.
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Death threats,
with charged guns pointed at the head.
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Suffocation of
detainees by burying them alive, which causes death in many cases.
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Forcing
detainees to drink urine or salty water.
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Suspending from
the roof upside‑down.
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Denial of
sanitary visits.
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Victims are
left for extended periods, in prostrate position under the burning sun
with their hands and legs tied together behind the back. |
