21.   Twice in December, Tajik government troops subjected U.N. observers to mock executions.

22.   Ettouati denied media reports that members of the group had been subjected to mock executions.

23.   Serious human rights abuses such as killings, beatings, shackling, shootings, mock executions, and the rape of female inmates were also reported, Ottermann said.

24.   The Canard Enchaine daily said Wednesday that Chiffot and his colleague, Lieutenant Jose Souvignet had been beaten and starved by their captors and subjected to mock executions.

25.   The investigative weekly Canard Enchaine said Wednesday that Chiffot and his colleague, Lieutenant Jose Souvignet had been beaten and starved by their captors and subjected to mock executions.

26.   The investigative weekly Le Canard Enchaine reported that they had been beaten and starved by their captors and subjected to mock executions.