CAT/OP/CYP/1/Add.1 9. Informational leaflet 39. The Police printed an informational leaflet entitled “Respect for Human Rights”, which was distributed to members of the Police. The leaflet was also uploaded to the Police Portal. 10. Specific Criteria for placement in detention centers 40. Efforts are being made for setting specific criteria for the placement/transfer of members of the Police in detention centers. The purpose of this effort is the placement of the most capable members in the appropriate positions so as to prevent incidents of ill treatment. 11. Amendment of the Law 235/90 41. The Parliament has recently amended the Law ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in order to impose more severe penalties in cases of ill-treatment. B. Police detention 42. As regards the length of detention of persons in remand, the law provides that an arrested person can be deprived of his/her liberty or detained for a maximum period of twenty-four (24) hours following the arrest, until he/she is brought before a court of law. At the end of that period, the person must either be released or be heard by a judge who will decide on the continuation of his/her detention. The law also provides that the judge before whom the person arrested is brought shall promptly proceed to inquire into the grounds of the arrest in a language understandable by the person arrested and shall, as soon as possible and in any event nοt later than three days from such appearance, either release the person arrested on such terms as he /she may deem fit or where the investigation into the commission of the offence for which he/she has been arrested has not been completed remand him/her in custody and may remand him/her in custody from time to time for a period not exceeding eight days at any one time, provided that the total period of such remand in custody shall not exceed three months from the date of the arrest on the expiration of which every person or authority having the custody of the person arrested shall forthwith set him/her free. Any decision of the judge under this paragraph shall be subject to appeal. 43. The Police shall satisfy the Court that all the conditions mentioned below exist: • A certain offence has been committed for the commission of which the suspect was arrested; • There is evidence that reasonably connects the suspect to the commission of the offence; • The investigation of the case has not yet been completed. The Police must also summarize what other investigation work remains to be carried out; • The detention of the suspect is considered necessary to avoid interference with the investigation process (influence of witnesses, destruction of evidence, escape etc.). 44. Additionally, it should be noted that for persons detained for longer than 24 hours, efforts are made for them be placed in detention facilities with outdoor exercise areas. These efforts are made so that all detainees held longer than 24 hours, have access to outdoor exercise for at least one hour per day. For this purpose, a letter, dated 16/07/2013 was sent by the Chief of Police noting that Limassol and Paphos Central Detention Centers as well as Pera Chorio Nisou, Lakatamia, Aradippou, Ayia Napa and Polis Chrysochous Detention Centers can be used for periods longer than 24 hours. The rest of the detention facilities must be used only for the detention of persons for a period up to 24 hours. 45. It is worth noting that in the above mentioned letter the Chief of Police gave instructions that all immigrant detainees must be transferred to Menoyia Detention Center, 8