Witnesses reported being beaten with sticks (plastic, wooden, metal, square, with nails, etc.), clubs, handles of guns, plastic rods (with wires inside), whips, electric or rubber wires, leather straps, plastic tubes, water pipes, ropes, chains, branches, thorny sticks, etc. Here are 15 torture methods briefly described in the report.ĭuring the beatings victims are usually tied, including with cuffs, and water is sometimes poured over the body, before or during the beatings. The 484 pages report further noted, “ the violations in the areas of extrajudicial executions, torture (including sexual torture), national service and forced labour may constitute crimes against humanity. The Commission has been investigating “violations directly committed by Eritrean public officials committed at their instigation or with their consent or acquiescence” for about a year.
A United Nations report listed about 15 different methods of torture applied by the Eritrean regime.ĭescriptions and drawings of the various torture methods were provided by the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea ‘s report, released last Monday.
