A/HRC/56/CRP.8 ask sexually explicit questions that invade women’s privacy, including questions about their sexual history. 101. LGBT people, particularly individuals who are visibly transgender, have been subject to some of the most cruel and inhumane forms of violence while in the custody of SAC security forces. They also experience abuse from other detainees. The Special Rapporteur received a report that a transgender man committed suicide after being forced to strip naked and shower in front of other men during interrogation in Yangon. 102. Women detainees reported that their situation marginally improved in prison compared to interrogation because of the presence of female prison staff and reestablishing contact with their families. However, some female detainees have also experienced beatings and other forms of violence in prisons, often at the hands of male prison staff. According to credible reports, a young woman believed to be dead or dying was dragged around the women’s ward in Insein prison visibly bleeding from her sexual organs. Other women detainees interpreted this as an attempt to intimidate and instill fear in them. 103. Female prisoners face routine harassment by prison guards, especially during invasive security checks, including mass strip searches, under the guise of search for contraband. 104. Prison conditions and limited access to medical care expose women and LGBT people to heightened and sometimes fatal health risks. They have little to no access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including HIV/AIDS treatment. Women are often denied requests for basic hygiene products and sanitary napkins for menstruation. A civil society representative informed the Special Rapporteur that some LGBT people have been denied antiretroviral medication and told by prison guards, “There is no way you will get it because you will die anyway.” The Special Rapporteur has also received reports that prison staff have withheld food and other basic necessities from LGBT people in some cases. 105. Prison facilities themselves offer little to no privacy, which exposes women and gender diverse people to a higher risk of abuse and violence from prison staff and other prisoners. The lack of privacy in women’s prison facilities is so great that former political prisoners have suggested that military officials arrange prison facilities to make women feel more vulnerable. For example, the Special Rapporteur has received information that there are prisons where the toilets in the women’s dorm are visible from the men’s dorm, with some toilet stalls even lacking walls or doors. Former prisoners have also reported cases in which women have been attacked by male prison staff while taking a shower in the bathing area. B. Targeting women and LGBT human rights defenders and civil society 106. The junta has systematically targeted individuals and organizations that have courageously continued their work to promote human rights and democracy despite the grave risks involved. In advocating for gender equality and documenting human rights violations, women and LGBT human rights defenders have defied patriarchal norms, making them especially vulnerable to attacks from the SAC and other pro-military sources. 107. Like other human rights defenders, advocates for gender equality have been hunted down by the military junta. They have been arrested and detained without cause, abused and tortured during interrogation, tried behind closed doors, and arbitrarily sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Some have been the victims of extrajudicial killings and gender-based violence. Those who have avoided arrest face pervasive surveillance and harassment, including threats of arbitrary arrest, which are often gendered in nature. The Special Rapporteur has received reports that undercover military intelligence officers have broken into the homes of women human rights defenders and detained their family members. 108. Civil society organizations and rights groups supporting women and LGBT people have been forced to close their offices due to security threats, including office raids and 26