A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 132 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted reasons for the arrests are not known and no formal charges are known to have been raised against the men, the security forces had a list of persons to be arrested on suspicion of belonging to armed groups opposed to the Government. Later the same day, Nazim Mohammad Isma’il al‘Ani, Ahmad ‘Abbas Naji Khurshid al-Salihi and a third man were again blindfolded and taken to another unknown location, which was apparently the roof of a private house. The other 14 men were probably also separated into groups and taken to unknown locations. The three men were reportedly detained on the roof of the house for 13 days with no food and little water. They were again beaten by members of the security forces. Members of the Iraqi security forces also telephoned Ahmad ‘Abbas Naji Khurshid alSalihi’s family and demanded US$60,000 for his and Nazim Mohammad Isma’il al-‘Ani’s release. The security forces told the family that if they failed to pay the sum, the two would be charged with "membership of the insurgency". The family refused to pay the amount of money demanded. On 3 January 2006, the three men were returned to the place where they had been detained immediately after their arrest on 21 December 2005. The next day Ahmad ‘Abbas Naji Khurshid al-Salihi, who resides outside Iraq and was on a visit at the time of arrest, was released without charge. When he returned to his country of residence he was admitted to hospital and given medical treatment for his injuries, including a fractured nose and shoulder. In late January Government Response