Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 The NMPT: According to the regulations, such persons should not be placed in closed detention centres for migrants or, if they have already been placed there, they should be released immediately. However, in the visited institutions there were persons whose behaviour could with a large probability suggest that they had been victims of torture or could have been identified as victims of torture: „My life doesn’t make sense, I have no future. Everything has been taken away from me, my thoughts, my mind. But I still have the right to my body, I can do whatever I want with it, you can’t take this away from me. I don’t want to live.” ƒƒ A Chechen man: during his questioning he stated he had been subjected to torture and inhuman treatment in his country of origin. He also spoke about wartime violence as a result of which he suffered chest injuries. He said he got shot on his leg. What he said matched his psychological and physical condition. He had a shot scars on his leg that, and his medical documentation confirmed his disability, the story of his psychiatric treatment in Germany and numerous symptoms indicating deterioration of his health condition during the process of detention. ƒƒ A Chechen woman, the man’s wife often cried, her deteriorated psychological condition was visible, she reported somatic complaints, she repeated that she “can’t stand it all any more”, and she felt she was in danger. ƒƒ Another Chechen man reported sleep problems and intrusive memories of being tortured in his country of origin where his left hand fingers were broken. He had visible scars on his body, and he could not straighten one of his left hand fingers. His psychological and physical condition matched the reported violence. ƒƒ A Chechen woman with an 18-month-old child reported that she was tortured in her country of origin (the details of the torture are mentioned in the NMPT’s internal documentation only, due to cultural taboo). Her psychological and physical condition seemed to confirm that she was subject to severe violence and torture. She had symptoms of PTSD and depression. The condition of the woman deteriorated during her detention. ƒƒ A Chechen man reported violence used against him in his country of origin, including kidnapping, violence and psychological torture (threats that he and his family would be killed). His psychological and physical condition included sleep problems, nightmares, hyperactivity, irritability, frequent intrusive thoughts. The foreigner might have been a victim of violence, including torture and inhuman treatment which he reported. 70