THEMATIC REPORT 2017
TORTURE AND MIGRATION
Figure 13. Perpetrator Affiliation: Non-State Actor
5
Guerilla armies
26
Opposition forces
20
Paramilitary forces
Private individuals /
groups
1
Security guards
1
Unspecified
1
Vigilante groups
1
Warlords / private
armies / mercenaries
1
0
5
10
15
The most frequently cited non-State actors were opposition
forces with 7 percent of the clients noting that they were
tortured by opposition forces. 5 percent of the clients noted
that they were tortured by paramilitary forces. Most of the
opposition forces perpetrated torture in the context of the
ongoing civil wars in the Central African Republic and Syria.
20
25
30
27 percent of the clients reported that they were tortured
in their homes, by far the most frequently reported
location of torture. 9 percent of the clients alleged that
they were tortured in a regular detention facility (meaning
not in a secret detention facility), while 6 percent claimed
that they were tortured in a labour, concentration,
or extermination camp. (See Figure 14)
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