A/HRC/13/39/Add.4 to stay in that position until the next morning, when the senior officer ordered several soldiers to beat him with police truncheons while he was questioned. During the beating he was handcuffed and ordered to sit on the ground with stretched legs. The soldier, who conducted the beating stood in front of him and hit his lower legs while the interrogation continued for about 15 minutes. When he was told to stand up he was not able to do so. His soles were very swollen, and he had to move back to the cell on his knees as he was still handcuffed. He could not stand on his feet for the next two days and at the time of the Special Rapporteur’s visit he still suffered from pain in his legs. According to the forensic expert, his account of the beating and the symptoms corroborated the events. He was later interviewed about the beatings, and the interview was broadcasted on television. After three weeks at the gendarmerie, he was transferred to Bata Prison, although the person who had committed the robbery had in the meantime been arrested. At the time of the visit he had spent about six weeks in Bata Prison. In early November 2008, he was accused by another detainee of having been drinking (drinks were reportedly brought into the prison and the detainees could buy them). On that same evening, a soldier came to him and threatened that he would be punished the next morning. On the following morning soldiers took him out into the courtyard and beat him all over his body, including his back and his arms and his legs for 10 minutes with a police truncheon. The beating and kicking took place in front of other detainees. He was not handcuffed because the soldiers could not find the key, so he had to stretch out his arms in front of him and embrace a pole. The beating left marks on his left knee, right sole and left elbow. His left wrist was injured. He also said that he felt pain in his testicles. According to the forensic expert, his injuries seemed to be the result of the corporal punishment in the courtyard. Male detainee, had been deprived of his liberty for more than four years. In 2004, he was detained abroad together with many others, despite the fact that he was carrying valid documents. The detainees were hooded, handcuffed and forced to enter a plane. In the plane, they had to lie down on the floor, face down, and had their feet chained together. They were flown to Malabo and brought to Black Beach Prison. He was held incommunicado for the first 12 months. The first month he spent in solitary confinement, in a very small cell measuring about 1,45m x 1,45m, after which he was taken to another cell measuring 2 x 2 m, which he shared with another detainee. After 12 months he was allowed to leave the cell, the handcuffs were only taken off after 18 months. He said that for two years he could not speak to his family or be in contact with his lawyer. After about three years, he was transferred to Bata and tried before a judge, who sentenced him to a long prison term and a fine. He said his family was trying to raise the money, but he feared he would not be able to pay the full fine, in which case he said he would continue to be detained indefinitely. He reported that he suffered from health problems, which he said were a result of the confinement in very small cells in Black Beach Prison. Whereas he had received some treatment, for which his family paid, he thought that it had been insufficient. Central Police Station Bata Visited on 14 and 17 November 2008 General information (first visit): The Central Police Station had been moved from Bomudi area into a new building constructed by the French company Bouygues one year earlier. The detention facilities were located in a two story building annexed to the back of the main building hosting the offices. At the end of his visit, the Special Rapporteur was received by Bienvenido Esono Engonga, Director of Bata Police (Commissario Jefe 36