A/HRC/4/33/Add.3 page 37 53. The Government informed that Hikmat Adnan Ibrahim Sarih is being held in detention on a robbery charge. 54. Ali Ahmad Sayed Arahman Al-Ashaeka, aged 26. He was detained in CID for about a week in connection with a murder investigation. He reported that he had been handcuffed to the grill of his cell door (about a metre and a half above the floor) for five consecutive days and nights, and the cuffs were only removed when he was brought to the toilet. He complained of being unable to sleep in this position. He was often awoken at night and interrogated until the early morning hours in an office above the cell block. While he was interrogated he had to stand for up to two hours. He stated that an officer had pulled his hair and a guard had beaten him once. He further reported hearing screams from a cell two nights previously. 55. On examination in the presence of two forensic doctors of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Amman, this detainee displayed swelling of the feet without bruising. On the inner front of the upper third of both shins, but more marked on the left, was a prominent area of body hair loss associated with pinpoint areas of scabbed abrasion on the left side only. The detainee explained that the prolonged standing with its associated swelling of his feet and lower legs had caused his feet to itch so that he rubbed his heels against his shins. This highly unusual combination of physical findings is strongly corroborative of the allegation of positional abuse as recounted by the detainee. In face of the clear evidence of severe torture and the obstruction of his investigations the Special Rapporteur cannot but conclude that torture is routinely practised in CID. In accordance with article 208 of the Penal Code, he recommends the initiation of criminal investigations against the Deputy Director of CID, Colonel Atef Al Saudi, the Director of Criminal Investigation Section North/South/Central Jordan, Lieutenant Colonel Issa Kakish, and the Director of Criminal Investigation Section Central Amman, Lieutenant Colonel Assad Bali, as well as against Lieutenant Ala’a and Lieutenant Ghaleb from Marqa police station. -----