“For three days and nights I was held in the office of the Criminal Investigation Unit, and DDI officers were torturing me.”33 From a monitoring group report: “Five to six DDI officers were beating me up, and I remember the names of two of them – A. and M.”34 From a monitoring group report: “DDI officers were beating me up for two days. After that they transferred me to a TDF.”35 Torture methods have remained unchanged if compared to the monitoring findings of 2011. At the same time monitoring groups in 2012 documented new torture methods that had not been encountered before, such as pouring cold water, stripping people naked and inserting needles under the fingernails. Diagram 20. Torture techniques From a monitoring group report: “DDI officers were kicking me in the jaw and knocked two teeth out.”36 From a monitoring group report: “Operative officers of the CCIU were beating me up with a helmet, kicking me on the kidneys and putting a plastic bag on my head.”37 From a monitoring group report: “My friend, S., and I were detained, and they made us stand on our knees immediately and started beating us. They were punching us on the head and kicking on the back and legs; they were beating S. very heavily. Then they started shooting with the gun above our heads.”38 From a monitoring group report: “They were beating me mostly on the head, so heavily that blood started running out of my ears.”39 33 Monitoring group report, No. 1-2/9. Monitoring group report, No. 1-7/36. 35 Monitoring group report, No. 1-7/47. 36 Monitoring group report, No. 4-6/20. 37 Monitoring group report, No. 1-3/28. 38 Monitoring group reports, No. 3-6/6, 3-6/7. 39 Monitoring group report, No. 1-7/47. 34 55

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