Russian Federation,151 Slovak Republic152, Spain,153 Turkey,154 Ukraine,155 and the United Kingdom156. 5.1.1.1. Illustrative cases Bosnia and Herzegovina In a 2016 report, the CPT documented alleged misuse of handcuffs with excessive force against individuals either during arrest or whilst they were held in detention at police stations or in prison.157 A prisoner in Mostar Prison alleged that following an episode of overagitation in late August 2015, “he had been handcuffed by prison officers behind his back with his wrists hyperflexed, ankle-cuffed with a walking chain and placed in an empty cell on the second floor for two days; during this time, he did not receive food and was not allowed to comply with the needs of nature.” Following examination of the prisoner on 7 October 2015, the CPT delegation’s doctor concluded that the injuries were “compatible with the allegation.” 158 Georgia The CPT reported on an incident which the Georgian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) discovered during a visit to Gldani Prison on 12 November 2014. The NPM staff asked for a shower room to be opened after they heard some noise within. Inside were “two prisoners lying on the floor with wet clothes, one of them handcuffed behind his back and attached with a metal chain to ankle-cuffs. Both restrained inmates were visibly injured. The NPM staff spoke with the two inmates who were clearly too frightened to provide any detailed explanation of what had happened.”159 The delegation reported receiving other similar, credible and more recent allegations concerning ill –treatment by prison staff at the same establishment, including the application of handcuffs and leg cuffs on a detained person after he had lost consciousness while being beaten by custodial staff.160 Nonetheless, prison and administration staff denied all use of ankle-cuffs and chains, stressing that no such means were available at Gldani Prison.161 Moldova Following a 2013 visit, the CPT reported on allegations of ill-treatment received from juvenile inmates of Goian Prison. In one instance, a juvenile was allegedly “slapped in the face by a prison officer while being handcuffed behind the back to the metal ladder of a bunk bed and with his leg cuffed to another bed, in a painful stretch position”.162 151 CPT (17 December 2013) op.cit. CPT, Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the CPT from 24 September to 3 October 2013, 25 November 2014. 153 Amnesty International, Spain: The Right to Protest under Threat, 2014. 154 Human Rights Watch, A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture. 155 CPT, Report to the Ukrainian Government on the visit to Ukraine carried out by the CPT from 1 to 10 December 2012, 5 September 2013; CPT, Report to the Ukrainian Government on the visit to Ukraine carried out by the CPT from 9 to 21 October 2013, 29 April 2014; CPT, Report to the Ukrainian Government on the visit to Ukraine carried out by the CPT from 21 to 30 November 2016, 19 June 2017. 156 CPT, Report to the Government of the United Kingdom on the visit to the United Kingdom carried out by the CPT from 30 March to 12 April 2016, 19 April 2017. 157 CPT (5 July 2016) op.cit., paragraphs 13, (i) – (iv). 158 CPT (5 July 2016) op.cit., paragraph 38. 159 CPT (15 December 2015) op.cit., paragraph. 17. 160 CPT (15 December 2015) op.cit., paragraph 51. 161 CPT (15 December 2015) op.cit., Footnote 6. 162 CPT (30 June 2016) op.cit., paragraph 49. 152 34