A/HRC/22/33 “The morning after 30 April, a manhunt began among the members of the thirty-third regiment of paratroopers who were taken to the headquarters of Captain Sanogo in Kati where they received death threats, were then filmed at ORTM9 and subsequently severely beaten. Two of my brothers in arms died instantly. On 1 May, at around 2 a.m., a detachment of soldiers arrived. They did the roll call of 20 soldiers and a non-commissioned officer, all of whom were red beret soldiers. They were tied up in pairs and then taken away in a truck. Since then, we have had no news of them. I was saved following a conversation about what to do with me between a captain and a sergeant-major who thought I was dying, as I had been severely tortured and had head wounds.” 48. The Mission was unable to determine the whereabouts of 21 soldiers who went missing in Kati. The military authorities questioned confirmed that the soldiers had in fact disappeared, but that did not mean that they were dead. The Mission was also informed that, on 2 May 2012, members of the army allegedly entered the Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako where they abducted a dozen seriously injured soldiers and took them to an unknown destination. 49. According to several corroborating sources, on 9 September 2012, in the municipality of Diabali, a detachment of the Malian army allegedly executed a group of 16 pilgrims of the Dawa brotherhood, some of whom were Mauritanian nationals. According to the Ministry of Justice, this case is being handled by the military authorities. However, the authorities referred the Mission to the civil justice system. The Mission has been unable to determine what progress has been made with the investigation into these incidents or whether any court (civil or military) is dealing with the matter. Mauritania apparently announced that three experts have been dispatched to investigate the incident, together with the Malian authorities. Similarly, the Mission has been unable to obtain reliable information on the alleged execution by the military of at least six Tuareg civilians in a village near Diabali on 21 October 2012. B. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment 50. In the aftermath of the counter-coup, on 30 April 2012, members of the police force were subjected to ill-treatment on the premises of the Mobile Security Unit of the police force. Police officers and military personnel were transferred and incarcerated at the Kati military camp, where they were subjected to death threats, beatings and serious injuries. Some were hurled onto their stomach, with their hands and feet handcuffed behind them in what is often referred to as the “bicycle position”, and kicked hard in their genitals in order to extract information. 51. At the Kati military camp, 83 soldiers and members of the military — the alleged perpetrators of the counter-coup — were crammed into the underground cell known as “the Pit”, “the Fall” and “the Hole”, in sweltering heat, without any light or contact with the outside world, in unsanitary conditions, with two toilets overflowing with excrement and worms. The Mission was informed that some soldiers held at the military camp in Kati were apparently forced by the camp leaders to have sex with each other while their captors filmed the scene with amusement. The same soldiers stubbed cigarettes on different parts of their victims’ bodies. During the initial days of imprisonment, all 83 prisoners were allowed only one can of water and one portion of rice. On certain days they were obliged to choose between eating and drinking. Others had no choice but to drink their own urine or that of other fellow prisoners. 9 14 Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali (Malian Television Broadcasting Office). GE.13-10067