A/HRC/13/42* page 185 Date of release March 2004. As a result of his false confession, he faced charges in relation to manslaughter. He was released after a court hearing. No apology or compensation. To date, he has not filed a complaint. * Information contained is from an interview with the interviewee and other credible sources. ** Initials used at the request of the alleged detainee. Case 23 - Biographic details Name of interviewee Mr. X.Y.* ** Nationality/country of origin Russian Federation Gender Male Detention Date of initial detention Late 2007 Location of initial detention Dagestan, Chechnya, Russian Federation. Grounds of initial detention Grounds of arrest unknown, but he appears to have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the killing of members of the armed forces. The authority(ies) involved in the detention Around 10 persons - some dressed in black uniforms, some dressed in civilian clothes. Some were identified as ethnic Russians, and others as members of the GRU (“Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye” - “Главное Разведывательное Управление”), the foreign military intelligence service of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Total period of detention Approximately 10 days. Duration of secret detention Entire duration of detention - approximately 10 days. Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit Detained at a secret facility in Gudermes district, Chechnya, Russian Federation, which is jointly run by the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation - “Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii” - “Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации”), the GRU, and the ATC (Anti-Terrorist Centre, Russian Federation). Conditions and treatment He was interrogated by a group for about 10 days, accused of being a fighter and co-erced in order to obtain a confession to the killing of members of the armed forces. He received numerous electric shocks through a wire that was wrapped around his fingers, legs and feet while his hands were tied around his back. He was beaten with iron bars, and on one occasion, his captors tried to burn him with a blowtorch, but when they could not ignite it, burned him with a lighter. He was left without shoes, and made to sleep on the concrete floor in extremely cold temperatures. He was never given food and received only one glass of water per day. Finally, he was brought in a military pick-up truck into a forest in order to be executed if he did not confess. He managed to escape in the forest.