A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 99 Para 73. 74. Country Georgia Date Type Mandate 26/04/06 JUA HRD; TOR; 01/05/06 AL TOR; Allegations transmitted Government Response who were also arrested in connection with the alleged coup attempt, have been subjected to torture or ill-treatment at Mile 2 Central Prison and the Headquarters of the NIA. The treatment they have been subjected to includes being beaten and burnt with cigarettes. Some have also had their heads covered with plastic bags and put under water for long periods of time to simulate suffocation. Azer Samedov, an Azeri citizen and President of the Caucasus Centre for Protection of Conscience and Religious Persuasion Freedom (CCPCRPF) in Georgia. Mr Azer Samedov was released on bail on 14 April 2006. However, he remains at risk of being extradited to Azerbaijan on the basis of charges of “participation in mass disorders” (article 220 of the Criminal Code) and “resistance to the representatives of authorities” (article 315). These relate to the October 2003 election events in Baku, Azerbaijan, after the announcement of the presidential elections results, which Mr Samedov was monitoring in his role as a human rights defender. Mr Samedov is sought by members of anti-terrorist units of Azerbaijan for having participated in clashes and for resisting the police. Persons suspected of the above crimes reportedly face a heightened risk of torture or illtreatment in Azerbaijan. An incident that occurred on 27 March 2006 in Prison No. 5, Tbilisi. At least seven inmates died and a large number were seriously injured during a riot and subsequent clashes in Prison No. 5. The riot broke out following beatings of several By letter dated 22/08/06 the Government reported that, from the beginning of the riot, which had started in the prison hospital and spread to Prison No. 5, where the prisoners set the building on fire, ambulances and fire