©Corinne Dufka/Human Rights Watch 1999
October 13, 1999: Sierra Leone: This twenty-three-year-old man was tortured by RUF/ex-SLA soldiers on October 11, 1999 after he was unable to meet their requests for money and valuables. The rebels dropped burning plastic from a melted container all over his body leaving him with over 150 small, but very deep, burns.