CCPR/C/118/D/2412/2014 confession; that the authorities threatened to kill him; that on 17 December 2007, the author was beaten by officials of the Terrorist Investigation Division; that the following morning the officer in charge of the detention facility of the Terrorist Investigation Division warned him that the beatings would cease once he signed a confession; and that he was forced to witness acts of torture against other inmates. Notably, in July 2008, while being detained in the Terrorist Investigation Division facility in Colombo, he was pressured to confess to being a member of the international intelligence wing of LTTE; that the interrogators threatened to arrest his wife, rape her and kill his child if he refused to confess and that in early August 2008, the interrogators told him that they would get a detention order against his wife; that against this background, he was forced to write a statement in which he stated that he had imported an illegal GPS device for LTTE; and that subsequently he was brought before a court and charged with illegally importing a GPS device and aiding and abetting LTTE. The Committee further notes the author’s allegations that after he was taken to the detention facility in Colombo, he was not provided with medication for his diabetes until the first time he was visited by a representative of the High Commission of Canada; that owing to the lack of medication, he had to urinate very frequently but the guards did not always allow him to use the washroom and occasionally he had no choice but to urinate in the clothes he was wearing and to stay in those clothes. Likewise, at the Welikada prison, the guards refused to provide the author with his diabetes medication; he also experienced joint and chest pains, but was only taken to a hospital after the High Commission sent a letter to the Superintendent of Prisons in Colombo on 2 March 2010 and, although the hospital doctor had indicated that the author needed to be admitted, he was returned to the prison, where he never received the medication prescribed by the doctor. In the absence of a response from the State party in that regard, the Committee gives due weight to the author’s claims and finds a violation of his rights under article 7 of the Covenant. 6.3 In view of that finding, the Committee considers that, in the circumstances of the present case, the State party has also violated the author’s rights under article 14 (3) (g). 6.4 The Committee notes the author’s allegations that on 14 September 2007, the officers of the Terrorist Investigation Division did not inform him of the reasons for his arrest; that he was not detained on lawful grounds; that he was not given the opportunity to challenge the lawfulness of his detention; that he was only brought before a judge after one year of being detained, in or around September 2008; and that during that period he was held in detention without charge. In the absence of a response from the State party in that regard, the Committee considers that the State party has violated the author’s rights under article 9 of the Covenant. 6.5 The Committee takes note of the author’s allegations that he was subjected to general conditions of detention, which constituted a violation of article 10 of the Covenant (see paras. 2.5, 2.9 and 2.13 above).15 In the absence of a rebuttal or clarification on the part of the State party, the Committee finds a violation by the State party of article 10 of the Covenant. 7. The Committee, acting under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, is of the view that the facts before it disclose a violation by the State party of articles 7, 9, 10 and 14 (3) (g) of the Covenant. 8. In accordance with article 2 (3) (a) of the Covenant, the State party is under an obligation to provide the author with an effective remedy. This requires it to make full reparation to individuals whose Covenant rights have been violated. Accordingly, the State party is obligated, inter alia, to: (a) conduct a thorough and effective investigation into the facts submitted by the author; (b) prosecute, try and punish those responsible for the 15 10 On the conditions of detention in the facilities of the Terrorist Investigation Division, see A/HRC/7/3/Add.6, pp. 28-29.