A/HRC/7/3/Add.4 page 44 120. Ms. Zainab Yahaya, aged 31. For the last two years, she has been detained awaiting trial for charges of fraud. Prior to this, she has been detained on numerous occasions for up to several weeks at Metro Police Station, Kaduna. On these occasions, she reports that she was arrested and rearrested by Sergeant Haruna, who brought her to a warehouse and attempted to rape her. The police seized her property. At the police station, she was handcuffed, suspended naked from a pole resting on two tables and beaten up. She reports that she was pregnant at the time and lost her baby as a result. The prison doctor wrote a letter recommending her release, which was supported by the prison director and prison controller. She was granted bail, however the amount of Naira 1.7 million in cash is not a condition that she can meet. She reports that all the witnesses that have been produced against her by the complainant are members of the police. 121. Ms. Halima David, aged 38, Kaduna State. She has been awaiting trial already for six years for killing eight children. After her arrest she was taken to the CID, where she was detained for one month. She was beaten by a female police officer, forced to swallow teargas, and fainted as a result. She cannot recall signing a statement. She reports that she was pregnant at the time, lost the baby, was not provided medical treatment, and had to buy medicine with her own money. In prison she was beaten by male and female officers. However things improved with the arrival of the new prison director. She has had no contact with her seven children, and does not know where they are, since her husband died while she was prison. She cannot afford a lawyer. 122. Ms. Raby Ismail, aged 36 years. She is detained in Kaduna Prison, awaiting the outcome of her appeal to the Court of Appeal, Kaduna. Prior to this she was awaiting trial in Kano Prison for two years before she was sentenced by the High Court of Kano (No. 11). She has a lawyer from Kano. 123. Recommendations. The Special Rapporteur recommends that condemned prisoners be permitted to participate in the recreational, vocational and educational activities available to other detainees. All cases of ill-treatment in the women’s wing, should be fully investigated, leading to disciplinary measures and criminal prosecution against the perpetrators.