In this position the elbows are brought together. Witnesses described having their arms tied behind their back, face down and lying on the ground. This sometimes resulted in gangrene and ultimately led to amputations. After a while, the upper and lower limbs would swell and feel numb and the blood flow was blocked. Witnesses explained that their arms and legs were wounded and bleeding by the ropes, which were generally placed on the same wounds day after day. Witnesses said they are generally only released two or three times a day for meals and to relieve themselves. Victims may be tied for days outside, exposed to extreme temperatures. Testimonies reveal that milk or sugared water is sometimes poured over the body of the victims to attract insects so that they are bitten but cannot relieve their itch. Victims are often beaten or kicked while being tied or suspended in the helicopter position. Some witnesses said they were tied with metal strings or plastic ropes. The hands and the feet of victims are tied behind their back and they are made to lie on the ground, face down, or suspended in the air. Tying’ methods described below are either used as a stand-alone punishment or accompanied with beatings before, during or after the tying. Another witness reported that a conscript was beaten so hard during the training in Sawa that he sustained leg injuries and is dependent on crutches and another one developed a mental illness after he was kicked on his face until he fell and violently hit his head. She explained that for years her feet remained sore and she could not walk properly.
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A witness was beaten so much on the soles of her feet that the skin came off in one piece.
The Commission also received reports of deaths due to the beatings and long-term effects such as spinal damage (some resulting in paralysis), hearing impairment and memory loss. Many victims fainted in the course of the beatings and several reported severe injuries such as broken bones and teeth, open wounds and bruises.
Some of the witnesses were beaten by several persons at the same time and many said the beatings were so harsh that the stick used for that purpose broke. In detention, victims are often beaten at night, some on a regular basis and during several months.
They are also punched, slapped and kicked all over the body, including in their face, head, ribs, genitals and on the soles of the feet. Witnesses reported being beaten with sticks (plastic, wooden, metal, square, with nails, etc.), clubs, handles of guns, plastic rods (with wires inside), whips, electric or rubber wires, leather straps, plastic tubes, water pipes, ropes, chains, branches, thorny sticks, etc. Here are 15 torture methods briefly described in the report.ĭuring the beatings victims are usually tied, including with cuffs, and water is sometimes poured over the body, before or during the beatings. The 484 pages report further noted, “ the violations in the areas of extrajudicial executions, torture (including sexual torture), national service and forced labour may constitute crimes against humanity. The Commission has been investigating “violations directly committed by Eritrean public officials committed at their instigation or with their consent or acquiescence” for about a year. A United Nations report listed about 15 different methods of torture applied by the Eritrean regime.ĭescriptions and drawings of the various torture methods were provided by the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea ‘s report, released last Monday.