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because he lost track of time. He begged his torturers to kill him as he could not bear the pain
anymore.151 Another detainee said he tried to commit suicide after being tortured because of
the high level of pain.152
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One detainee told OHCHR that his cellmates told him they had been ordered by the
‘Izoliatsiia’ guards “to make him talk”, and therefore forced him to march in place all night
long in the cell, saying “If you do not do it, they will hurt all of us”. 153 Detainees told OHCHR
that in ‘Izoliatsiia’, ‘press cells’ were set up, where detainees were intimidated or beaten by
cellmates to make them confess. One detainee was threatened that he would be forced to
perform oral sex on other detainees in a ‘press cell’ if he did not confess.154
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OHCHR interview, 10 January 2020.
OHCHR interview, 23 January 2020.
OHCHR interview, 23 January 2020.
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