That was when the most sadistic beatings occurred .
最严重的施虐毒打就是在这种时候发生的。
They suffered beatings and other cruelties .
他们挨打并受到其他残酷折磨。
How many times he had been beaten , how long the beatings had continued , he could not remember .
他给打过多少次、每次拷打多久,他都记不得了。
A few incidents of retaliation by opposition supporters have been reported , but pro-government militias have carried out most of the well-orchestrated violence , dishing out severe beatings and burning down houses .