A mother of 3 held captive for days by Eritrean soldiers says she was raped by an Eritrean official & subjected to torture and derogatory terms

The victim says she was tortured for two days and raped by the administrator of Sheshebit area (Gash Barka Zone in Eritrea), named Merhawi. After he raped her, she says the soldiers tortured her for more than 8 hours (a type of torture called the Number 8) and called her derogatory terms targeting her Tigrayan heritage.