A/HRC/43/CRP.7 detainee said that he witnessed the head of the ‘Izoliatsiia’ detention facility come to the cell and order detainees to engage in oral sex.182 29. One detainee told OHCHR that while in ‘Izoliatsiia’, he heard guards scream at female detainees on their way to the shower: “Go shave your [vaginas]. You are about to go upstairs to work it off”.183 Penetrating injuries 30. One detainee told OHCHR that during interrogations in the ‘ministry of state security’, torturers drove needles under his fingernails.184 In another case, a detainee witnessed a guard cut a young man’s face with a knife.185 Positional torture 31. Seven detainees were subjected to positional torture. One detainee told OHCHR that the ‘operatives’ of the ‘ministry of state security’ ordered him to stand next to a wall in a stress position with his legs spread and threatened that if he sat down, they would rape him. Another detainee reported that he was forced to stand for half a day with widespread legs and arms next to a wall. The guards would beat him whenever he moved.186 Traumatic removal of body parts 32. Two detainees reported that their fingernails were torn out during interrogations. 187 One told OHCHR that an ‘operative’ of the ‘ministry of state security’ tore off one of his fingernails and then started asking questions about his connections and work with Ukraine’s security services.188 Two other detainees told OHCHR that their teeth were crushed with pliers or pulled out.189 Deprivation of water, food, sleep or toilet 33. Six detainees were deprived of water, food, sleep or toilet for various periods of time either as a punishment or to force confessions. One detainee told OHCHR that he was not given water or food for three days.190 Another detainee told OHCHR that ‘operatives’ of the ‘ministry of state security’ did not give him water for a few days because he was allegedly a “fascist” and “did not deserve to be treated humanely”.191 One detainee said that after torture and interrogation by ‘operatives’ of the ministry of state security’, he was forced to stay awake unless he confessed to terrorism. 192 Mock executions 34. Eleven out of 39 interviewed detainees were subjected to mock executions.193 For example, a detainee in ‘Izoliatsiia’ reported that ‘investigators’ fired a gun next to his head several times.194 Another detainee described how an interrogator in the ‘ministry of state security’ fired his machine gun several times next to him because he was “disappointed” that the victim did not confess to collaborating with Ukraine’s special services. He threatened the victim: “You have until morning to think about it. If we don’t like what you wrote, you won’t survive”.195 A third detainee told OHCHR that during the interrogation, an ‘operative’ of the 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 OHCHR interview, 22 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 20 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 14 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 2 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 15 January 2020. OHCHR interviews, 14 and 22 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 14 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 23 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 15 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 14 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 23 January 2020. OHCHR interviews, 20 and 23 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 23 January 2020. OHCHR interview, 2 January 2020. 43