A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 94 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted Government Response demonstration. Both men were subjected to severe beatings during the arrest and then taken into custody where the beatings continued. Once in custody, police beat Mr al-Sharqawi for hours targeting particular places. As a result his body was covered in bruises and gashes. One of the officers ordered al-Sharqawi's pants to be removed and began squeezing his left testicle. He was then raped with a cardboard tube. The State Security prosecutor ordered both men to be held for 15 days pending investigations. The authorities allowed al-Sharqawi access to medical treatment only on 29 May 2006. Both men had been in detention twice in Tora prison following their participation in earlier protests on 24 April and 7 May respectively. They had been released on 22 May 2006. over 100 persons. The Department of Public Prosecutions launched an investigation after the two men gave statements indicating that they had been beaten by the police at the time of their arrest. Mohamed al-Sharqawi added that he had also been beaten around the genitalia. The Department of Public Prosecutions questioned the two men and the examination confirmed that they had signs of injury on their bodies. After questioning them, the Department of Public Prosecutions decided to have a legal doctor perform a medical examination in order to determine the cause and nature of the injuries and how they had occurred. The Department of Public Prosecutions further decided to place the two men in detention for 15 days in connection with the case, which is still under investigation. The Department of Public Prosecutions, a branch of the judiciary whose members enjoy judicial immunity, investigated the incident. It defended both men with regard to the assault carried out by the police. It interviewed them, looked at their external injuries and referred them to a legal doctor to determine the state of their injuries and proceed with the investigation in light of the findings of the competent legal doctor.