A/HRC/24/59 regime officials and persons associated with (or perceived to be part of) the Bozizé regime in what appears to have been retaliatory operations. A prominent case of arbitrary arrest and detention was that of Mohamed Moussa Dhaffan, former Minister for Forestry, Water, Hunting and Fishing and his brother, Colonel Ahmed Dhaffan, who have been arbitrarily detained since 29 June 2013. 57. The mission received reports indicating that people had been sentenced by Séléka soldiers, even though they are not authorized by law to exercise judicial power. Reported forms of punishment varied from imprisonment to fines. 58. Some detainees were reportedly kept in homes, on governmental premises or in military camps. In one reported case, several people arrested by the Séléka were put in an empty petrol container in Bambari, resulting in at least one man dying due to gas inhalation. Despite repeated requests, the mission was not granted access to military camps where conflict-related detainees were believed to be held. 59. The mission was, however, allowed to visit two detention facilities, where it interviewed at least 50 detainees, including three children, in the Office central de répression contre le banditisme and in the Section recherche et investigation. On the premises of both places, penitentiary authorities failed to provide the mission with registration records for persons deprived of their liberty or to respond to basic due process enquiries. The detainees interviewed told the mission that they had not been informed at the time of their arrest of charges against them, or brought promptly before a judge or any other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power. D. Torture and ill-treatment 60. The mission interviewed, in the course of its field visits, victims of torture and illtreatment, including detainees, witnesses and family members. In many reported cases, torture led to the death of victims. In one reported case, the victim, a 32-year-old man from Gbangoro was kidnapped on 2 June 2013, when the Séléka targeted the axis Tale-Nana Markounda (Ouham Prefecture). Séléka members beat the man to death, then dumped his body on the side of the road later that day. 61. The mission received reports of cases of torture and ill-treatment committed by the Séléka of former regime officials, including prominent public figures, civil servants and members of their families. In May 2013, the Séléka raided the houses of a former member of the National Assembly and of the former Vice-President and his wife, and ill-treated them while trying to obtain information. 62. Cases of reprisals against FACA members, including those who responded to the call of the interim President to report for duty, were reported to the mission. Reprisals consisted of torture and ill-treatment with a view to extort information. Following the seizure of Bangui, at least 400 people, including FACA officials and their families, took refuge with MICOPAX and BINUCA for fear of arrest and reprisals. Some 100 were still with MICOPAX at the end of the period under review. 63. Armed personnel in uniform believed to belong to the Séléka also reportedly practiced torture and ill-treatment in night raids involving robbing, looting and terrorizing the population, including the pygmy minority. Such cases were documented in Bangui on 11 April, in Lobaye Prefecture on 17 April and 20 April, prompting a large number of people, including pygmies, to flee to the bush. 13