A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 23 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted plain-clothes CID officers to a place referred to as the Joint Interrogation Cell. He was blindfolded with a strip of cloth and cotton wads, had his wrists tied with rope, and was ordered to lie down in the van during the trip. He was blindfolded throughout his detention, and his wrists would be unbound for toilet trips and meals only. He slept on the floor without bedding. He was tortured in order to make incriminating statements against Ms Hasina, to the effect that she was responsible for orchestrating a string of killings, rapes, extortion, and repression of minorities following the 1 October 2001 election. He was threatened that he would be imprisoned for a long time, that if he didn't comply they would leave him impotent and handicapped. Among other things, he was beaten, subjected to electric shocks on sensitive parts of his body, forced to stand on ice and hung upsidedown from the ceiling for long periods of time, spun around, put in a sack and trampled on, and forced to lie for hours on the floor spread-eagled. On 7 March 2002, he was transferred to the Dhaka Central Jail, where he was denied the rights afforded to ordinary inmates, such as receiving amenities from family members. An additional charge in relation to sedition was filed against him. Mr Nasim was subsequently tranferred to Kashimpur Jail on 22 November, then to Rangpur Jail on 22 December and finally, after lengthy delays in the proceedings, was released on bail on 6 January 2003. Government Response