A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 29 torture persons on the first floor in the branch offices. In addition, the detainees are often insulted by the officers, who ask them, for example, “How many fathers do you have?” He was brought before a judge once, but could not speak to him. 6. Detainee. For the first four days after he had been brought to TID, he was severely ill-treated by three officers named Abdeen, Suber and Kankha. After he was forced to completely undress, two of the officers placed a stick under his knees and handcuffed him in front of his shackled legs (“parrot’s perch” or “dharma chakara”). In this position, he was hung upside-down between two tables in the office of Branch No. 3 on the first floor of the TID premises. For 10 minutes, the officers beat him with an iron bar on the soles of his feet and on his back. They also kicked him in the face. This treatment continued for four days in which the officers tried without success to get him to confess his involvement with the LTTE. About one month ago, the same officers tortured him again by the same method. It was common that detainees were held overnight in the interrogation rooms on the first floor. After the ill-treatment his feet were swollen and numb, as was one of his fingers to which he received a blow. He reported that another detainee named Stephen had been taken out of the cells and brought to an unknown location earlier the same day. Stephen had been massively tortured, including beatings on his testicles. 7. The Special Rapporteur made a return visit to TID on 7 October 2007. 8. Supaiya Jayasangar, aged 30. Three months ago he was arrested by the police and taken to Murunkan (Mannar) Police Station. At the police station he was beaten with a wooden stick on his legs. After one day, he was transferred to TID. 9. Four boys between 14 and 15 years of age. On 8 August 2007, the LTTE camp Kanchikudiaru (near Ampara) was attacked by the Special Task Force (STF), and upon surrender the boys were arrested as suspected LTTE members. They reported that they had joined the LTTE in May 2007 motivated by the physical training, food, as well as the money they would receive. Upon arrest, the boys were taken to Thandirady STF camp where they were held for one day. On 9 August, they were brought to a police station in Colombo and then transferred to TID. They made no allegations regarding ill-treatment but complained about the restricted movement in their small and crowded cell, and the lack of natural light and fresh air. Their families were informed about their detention. 10. Nicholas Stephen, aged 27. On 4 July 2007, he was travelling on a bus to Mannar and was arrested at a checkpoint in Colombo by army personnel. He was immediately blindfolded and brought to a location which he believed to be CID. Somebody told him, “This is the fourth floor and you will never return alive.” He was put alone in a small room without furniture. His blindfold was never removed and he was occasionally brought to the toilet by an officer. He was handcuffed most of the time. Only when he was eating were the handcuffs removed. One time he tried to remove the blindfold but was immediately beaten on the back of his head. Over a threeday period he was repeatedly tortured. Completely naked, a chain was put under his knees to which his wrists were bound, and he was lifted above the ground. A bag with petrol was put over his head. He was beaten on his abdomen and his arms with a plastic pipe, and on his feet and legs with a metal pipe. He was cut on the inner side of his left knee with a blade. A hard object, such as a stone, was put under his testicles, which were then beaten with a metal pipe that was brandished to him. He was also suspended by his feet and handcuffed behind his back.