▁beat ings ; ▁water board ing ; ▁burn ings ; ▁te aring ▁out ▁of ▁f ing ern ails ; ▁electric ▁shock s ; ▁prolong ed ▁expos ure ▁to ▁smoke ▁resulting ▁in ▁near - as phy xi ation ; ▁" The ▁Sw ing ", ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁n aked ▁victim ▁was ▁susp ended ▁from ▁a ▁bar ▁by ▁his ▁an k les ; ▁and ▁insert ions ▁of ▁bott les ▁into ▁the ▁an us . ▁ ▁Gu ella h ▁regime ▁( 1 9 9 9 – ) ▁ ▁A pt id on ▁announced ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁the ▁People ' s ▁R ally ▁for ▁Progress ▁chose ▁Is ma ï l ▁O mar ▁Gu elle h ▁as ▁their ▁president ial ▁candidate . ▁He ▁hand ily ▁won ▁the ▁April ▁elections , ▁with ▁almost ▁three ▁qu arters ▁of ▁the ▁vote , ▁defe ating ▁his ▁only ▁president ial ▁rival , ▁the ▁independent ▁M ous sa ▁Ah med ▁Id r iss . ▁Id r iss ▁was ▁arrested ▁the ▁following ▁September ▁for ▁" th re aten ing ▁the ▁mor ale ▁of ▁the ▁armed ▁forces " ▁and ▁det ained ▁at ▁an ▁und is closed ▁location . ▁ ▁The ▁People ' s ▁R ally ▁for ▁Progress ▁has ▁continued ▁to ▁domin ate ▁politics ▁under ▁Gu ella h , ▁taking ▁advantage ▁of ▁a ▁unique ▁first - p ast - the - post ▁system ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁majority ▁winner ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁five ▁elect oral ▁districts ▁car ries ▁all ▁the ▁seats . ▁Thus , ▁in ▁the