physical injuries, psychological and moral suffering, accompanied by psychic disturbance during
questioning,
may be deemed inhuman
treatment.
The degrading aspect
is characterized by the
fear, anxiely and inferiority induced for the purpose of humiliating and degrading the viclim and
breaking his physical moral resistance”
With regards to the 4" and 5" Applicant’s
claim, the 4" Applicant stated that he was
locked up in a dark cell with no windows called a crocodile hole. While in detention,
he was
severely tortured
and
attacked
by” Jungulars”
i.e. President Jammeh’s
personal para-military security force. These men brutally beat him repeatedly to the
point of being unconscious on two consecutive nights. They attempted to break his
fingers, used a plastic bag to suffocate him and extinguished their cigarettes on his
body.
The 5" Applicant averred that while in detention, He was forced to sleep on a bare
floor in a tiny cell which measured approximately 1 meter by 2.5 meters with a small
amount of ventilation. The cell was lit24 hours a day with a very bright light making
it difficult for him to sleep. The cell had a small pit covered with a wooden plate,
which was to be used as a toilet. He was given food only once a day and never had
the opportunity to shower or change clothes.
He was
interrogated by a group of 10-15 masked soldiers who
military
boots to beat his whole
body
used sticks and
and genitals to the extent that he lost
ay: