After a bust for illegal possession of jeans, Mr. Khalezin was arrested, beaten and held in claustrophobic conditions for attending an antigovernment demonstration.
He said residents had told him on the phone and via text message that they had been beaten and held in custody by the police, soldiers and supporters of Mr. Gayoom, the autocrat who ruled the Maldives for 30 years.
Also in April, US journalist Simon Ostrovsky was abducted near Sloviansk, saying afterwards he had been beaten and held in a basement for three days.
The United Nations, which has voiced concerns intelligence and security services are using live ammunition at protests, said there are "credible" reports of detained protesters being beaten and held in overcrowded conditions.
Some said they were suspended by their hands or their feet until they passed out, were beaten and were held in solitary confinement.
Several claimed to have been held in small spaces and said they had been blindfolded, beaten and threatened.
Originally the bass drum was beaten with a stick held in the right hand and a switch held in the left; in modern regimental bands the right hand beats time with a larger stick than that used for the accompanying rhythms played by the left.
One of Ihat's most notorious cases is that of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being beaten, abused and restrained while held in custody by British soldiers in 2003.
During the 1980s Shin Bet's reputation was tarnished when it was revealed that its agents had beaten to death two Palestinians held in connection with the hijacking of a bus.
Those who were arrested said they were beaten with clubs and sticks, held in cells so crowded they could not sit down and deprived of food.
She has been beaten or branded and is held in the most extreme conditions imaginable.
