iv. Right to hear wireless transmissions, watch television and read periodicals International Standard According to the international standards, prisoners shall be kept informed regularly of the more important items of news by the reading of newspapers, periodicals or other publications, and by hearing wireless transmissions.59 The Body of Principles provides for the right of detained or imprisoned persons to have the right to obtain within the limits of available resources, if from public sources, reasonable quantities of informational material, subject to reasonable conditions to ensure security and good order in the place of detention or imprisonment.60 In-country Legislation The domestic law does not provide for an individual right of suspected or accused persons to be informed of news by reading newspaperz and magazines or by hearing wireless transmissions or by watching television programs. The law on the Procedure of the Detention only stipulates the obligation to equip all TDF cells with wireless receivers and TV sets to the extent possible.61 The Internal Regulations have no provisions regulating the procedure of being kept informed on important news and world events. As it follows from the monitoring findings, none of IAB TDF cells have been equipped by the state with special devices for getting news. There are neither wireless receivers nor TV sets in the cells. The detainees are not given any latest newspapers or periodicals to read. Example: From the interview with a detainee: “We are sitting here not aware of what is going on. It would be great if we were given some newspapers to read in order to get new”.62 Yet, in some cases TDF personnel buy newspapers at their expense and bring those to the prisoners. For instance, the respondents from the Panfilov District IAB TDF told the observers that this is the head of the TDF who brings latest newspapers to them.63 Thanks to the Jalal-Abad Oblast human rights organization, Spravedlivost, and with financial support from the international organizations, radio sets were procured for each cell of Mailuu-Suu, Tash-Kumyr, and Kara-Kul city IAB TDFs, as well as those of Bazar-Korgon, Toktogul, Aksy, Ala-Buka and Chatkal District IABs. 5.1.2. PROCEDURE OF THE DETENTION AND ACCOMMODATION International Standard According to the international standards, the different categories of prisoners shall be kept in separate institutions taking account of their sex, age, criminal record, the legal reason for their detention. For instance, the ICCPR states that accused persons shall be segregated from convicted persons and shall be subject to separate treatment appropriate to their status as unconvicted persons.64 59 62 63 64 60 61 Standard minimum rules. Rules 37, 39. Body of principles. Principle 28. Law on the procedure of the detention. Art. 22. Monitoring report No. 10/13-15/3/4.5. Monitoring report No. 8/6/3/1.3. ICCPR, Art. (2). 29