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police cell was dark and dirty. A very dirty toilet was located not far from the cell. Both, the
police and the gendarmerie did not have separate registers for detainees.
Male detainee, foreigner, had been arrested the day before in the evening. He indicated that
he had been slapped during the arrest. The officers claimed that he had resisted the arrest.
The forensic expert accompanying the Special Rapporteur found no traces of violence.
Since his arrest he had not been allowed to go to the toilet and had not received any food.
Police Station - Rebola
Visited on 13 November 2008
General information: The Special Rapporteur was received by Brigadier Manuel Esono.
The police station disposed of one very dirty cell, which was empty. The door of the cell
had allegedly been broken by the last detainee. The officer in charge explained that the cell
was only used to keep persons while their cases were registered, following which they were
transferred to the instruction judge. Persons to be held in custody were directly transferred
to the police station in Baney. However, he did not know the location of the holding cells in
Baney. The police kept a registry in which entries and exits of detainees supposedly were
registered. However, the book was not properly kept and the officer in charge could neither
tell the number of detainees during the preceding month nor the duration of their detention.
Police Station (District) - Baney
Visited on 13 November 2008
General information: The Special Rapporteur was received by Moises Mba Asún
(Lieutenant). He informed the Special Rapporteur, that the police station did not have any
detention facility. All arrested persons were directly transferred to Malabo. This statement
contradicted the information the Special Rapporteur received in Rebola. The police kept a
complaints register.
Ela Nguema Police Station
Visited on 13 November 2008
General information: The Special Rapporteur was received by several police officers.
In the left wing of the building, a corridor led to several offices and one detention cell,
which was empty on the day of the visit. No register was kept. When the Special
Rapporteur arrived, two persons were tied to a bench to the right of the main desk, with
their hands cuffed behind their backs. Both of them had allegedly been involved in a fight
and were bleeding. When officers on duty realized that the delegation was coming to
inspect the place, the two persons were hastily untied and pushed into an office, and the
Special Rapporteur was first denied access to them. After some negotiations he was
allowed to speak to both persons.
Male detainee said he had been arrested about an hour earlier at the place of the fight
together with Jose Antonio. He was handcuffed and taken to the police station.
Male detainee had been arrested an hour earlier following a fight with another person. In
the process, he was kicked, pushed and handcuffed. The arresting police officers accused
him of being a killer.
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