A/HRC/13/39/Add.4 Superior). After lengthy negotiations the Special Rapporteur was granted access to the interrogation room in the basement. He found a mattress, two black tables next to each other, a special red lamp, handcuffs and wooden and metal bars. The room and its equipment matched the description the Special Rapporteur had received prior to his visit to Bata Police Station from alleged victims. On the ground floor, at the far end, male foreigners were detained in a spacious area that consisted of an open courtyard where the detainees could play football or sit on chairs. During the night, the detainees were locked into one large room that was separated from the yard with an iron grid but no walls. The room had several mattresses, a few beds, tables and chairs on the floor and was generally clean. The lights on the ceiling had been shaded with cloths by the detainees as they said the lights were not switched off at night. The adjacent sanitary facilities were newly built and in very good condition, including running water and electricity. At the time of the visit, about 15 to 20 persons were detained in this area. The detainees all came from neighboring countries, such as Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo. The detainees informed the Special Rapporteur that they were detained because they could not produce visa documents or because they were accused of having false documents. One of the detainees had spent one month in detention, others had been held for a week or several days. Some complained that they had been beaten upon arrest and most of them said the police had taken away their possessions, in particular the money they had in their pockets and their cell phones. According to the detainees, in the morning of the day of the Special Rapporteur’s visit, four persons who showed clear physical signs of ill-treatment and abuse on their buttocks and backs had been released. According to the detainees, the police did not provide them with adequate food, and they had to rely on family and friends, who were often not allowed into the police building, so that the detainees did not have enough to eat. With respect to the physical conditions of the area, the detainees said they were not protected from the mosquitoes that came through the open grid at night, attracted by the burning light. On the first floor, there were two separate wings. Most of the cells to the right were reserved for soldiers. On the left side, Equatoguineans and two foreign women were held in police custody in seven cells equipped with beds and mattresses as well as sanitary facilities. In general, detainees were allowed to receive visitors who brought food and water. All cells were open so that detainees could walk around. The Special Rapporteur received consistent allegations of torture applied during the interrogation at night in the interrogation room in the basement. These allegations were corroborated by the medical evidence taken by the forensic expert. At night, the male detainees reportedly approached the foreign women and tried to touch and rape them. In addition, a police officer repeatedly asked one of them to become his wife, threatening to beat her if she refused. Second visit: Although the Special Rapporteur had an appointment with Commissioner Bienvenido Esono Eugonga on 17 November, he and his team were insulted and threatened with a machine gun when they were about to enter the building of the Central Police Station. Only with some delay the Special Rapporteur was admitted to the building and the office of the Commissioner. While the Commissioner apologized for the incident, the Special Rapporteur was denied access to the detainees to continue his fact-finding. Male detainee, foreigner, had been arrested two weeks earlier by five members of the Judicial Police because he was unable to produce valid papers. He said that he was slapped in the face by the police officers. Since he arrived at Bata Police Station, he was not physically abused. However, he said that he had seen other detainees being beaten in the station, mostly upon arrival. 37