He chained his sister, who was also the previous empress, and placed her in that state in the square in front of the imperial palace. There, he ordered every man present in the square to rape her.
This included the use of trained assassin mages and direct attacks using some kind of dragon.
However, Tariq is quite the jerk! I'm glad I didn't help the liberation front...
Sonatka's situation is quite ambiguous. She managed to be happy, but still ended up with a bad ending.

