A/HRC/25/65 Annex V [English only] Government detention centres 1. The majority of detainees interviewed by the Commission stated that they had been tortured or ill-treated during their interrogation. Methods of torture documented by the Commission were consistent across the country. They included mock executions; electric shocks applied to sensitive parts of the body, including genitals; cigarettes burns; and beating with electric cables, whips, metal and wooden sticks and rifle butts. There were multiple reports of detainees being beaten about the head and on the soles of the feet. The Commission also received reports of detainees being placed into prolonged stress positions (shabeh) and the use of vehicle tires to hold hands and feet in uncomfortable positions (dulab) while beatings were administered. In many of the interviews, scars and wounds, consistent with their accounts, were still visible.b Detainees were denied medical care, left to die of chronic illnesses and untreated wounds and injuries. Children were often detained in the same detention facilities as adults and subject to the same levels of torture. As prisons have become overcrowded, the detention conditions have become deplorable. Sanitary facilities are limited and inadequate, spreading illnesses among detainees. Detainees are not accorded adequate food, leading to reports of starvation and malnourishment. 2. The list presented below identifies the Government detention facilities in which cases of torture have been documented. Others cases of tortures have also been documented in other locations controlled by Government forces, such as ad hoc detention places or checkpoints, which were not included in this list. Governorate Aleppo City Ministry Service Location Ministry for Internal Affairs Political Security Directorate Political Security, Aleppo Branch Military Intelligence Directorate Military Security, “Palestine” Branch 235 Air Force Intelligence Air Force Intelligence, Aleppo Branch Air Force Intelligence Air Force Intelligence, Damascus Branch - Bab Tuma Military Intelligence Military Security, Raids Branch 215 Aleppo Ministry of Defence Damascus b 46 Damas cus Para. 77, A/HRC/20/CRP.1 Ministry of Defence