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Sexual <strong>Torture</strong><br />
Of the 14 witnesses from Joseph Camp, five are female, of whom four said that<br />
their torture in Joseph Camp included rape. This is the account of one such<br />
survivor:<br />
“It was dark but I think there were two or three men. One came on top of me<br />
and started raping me. At the same time another man put his penis into my<br />
mouth. I could not understand his language but I understood that he wanted<br />
me to suck his penis. I did not do that at first and I tried to defend myself but I<br />
didn't have the strength to fight. As he came closer to my mouth I turned my<br />
face to the side and he slapped my face. I kept my teeth clenched very tightly<br />
and as I didn't let the man put his penis in my mouth, he opened my mouth by<br />
force and put his penis in my mouth. After that I don't know exactly what<br />
happened. I don't think I actually passed out. … During my time in detention I<br />
was subjected to 6 or 7 gang rape sessions. I was naked almost all the time.<br />
Two or three different men came to my room each time. They would rotate.<br />
They did not wear uniforms. Sometimes during the interrogations they would<br />
wear camouflage army uniforms but not during the rapes…. After a couple of<br />
days they moved me to an even smaller room to sleep. They raped me in that<br />
room. They also raped me anally. The room was very small so only one man<br />
could fit in it at a time. They used to take turns to rape me, one after the other.<br />
Usually each man would rape me at least once. Usually one would have his<br />
penis in my mouth while the other one raped me with his penis below. One day<br />
while interrogating me they also put a baton into my vagina.”<br />
(Witness 32)<br />
Several of the male detainees also reported sexual abuse that included being<br />
forced to perform oral sex, forcibly submit to anal rape and having objects such<br />
as batons or sticks or a rod of ice inserted in their anus.<br />
Many survivors recall hearing male and female voices crying and screaming<br />
while being locked up in Joseph Camp. Some were kept in solitary confinement<br />
in dark underground cells with no windows that resembled bunkers. As one<br />
detainee described it, “The room was very dirty and smelled of blood”.<br />
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