A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 13 Para 6. Country Azerbaijan Date 07/04/06 Type JUA Mandate WGAD; IJL; TOR Allegations transmitted Government Response R. B., aged 17, M. G., aged 16, and D. P., aged 16, from the Village of Eni Genushli, near Baku, who are currently being held at the third pre-trial detention facility in Shuvlani, on the outskirts of Baku, or in the Ranaman District police administration building in Baku. On 14 March 2005, the three of them were detained and taken to the 33rd police precinct in Surakhan, where for two days they were subject to severe beatings and other forms of torture by police officials and officials from the office of the public prosecutor (i.a. senior investigator and Surakhan District prosecutor). All three were denied access to a lawyer and to their parents during their initial detention. Compelled by severe beatings, kicking and threats, the boys were forced to sign confessions and accusations against one another for participation in the murder of Mr Vusal Zeinalov on 15 February 2005, which they all deny. R. B. faced additional beatings in June 2005 while he was in the third pre-trial detention facility (SIZO) on the outskirts of Baku. The three of them sustained bruises on their legs, feet, back, and torso and suffer from pain in their heads and stomachs. All of them suffer from psychological trauma. As a result of the torture in March 2005, R. B. suffered contusions on his head that produced large bumps. None of them have received adequate medical treatment. Currently, the boys are being held at the third pre-trial detention facility in Shuvlani in cells with 4 or 5 other boys and one adult. Ventilation and light in the cell are poor, the quality of drinking water is By letter dated 17/07/06, the Government reported that criminal proceedings were instituted against them on charges of premeditated murder and an arrest warrant was issued against them. The investigation was conducted by Surakhany District and Baku city Prosecutor's Offices and on 13 April 2006, the criminal case was transferred to the Court on Serious Crimes. On 15 July 2006, the defence lawyer filed an application with the Head Department of the Implementation of Court Rulings of the Ministry of Justice, asking for examination of complaints of violence in the course of the investigation used against R. B. while he was detained in investigative isolation unit no. 3. As a result of the investigation it was ascertained that the inspector of the Surakhan District prosecutor's office had met with defendant R. B. in investigative isolation unit no. 3 on 23 June 2005, and submitted to him the copy of the indictment against him. During this meeting he asked R. B. to give true testimonies at the court hearings and to testify that he did not commit any violence and torture against him. It was also ascertained that R. B. did not apply either to the governing board of the investigative isolator or the medical centre on 23 June 2005 and on subsequent days. A medical examination was conducted and no signs of injury were discovered on his body or internal organs. During the investigation, supervisors of investigative isolation unit no. 3 indicated that R. B., after meeting with the