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) page 24

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