PART 2: Procedures of the Human Rights Commitee and the Committee against Torture of the arrest, witnessed the arrest of the author (see Annexes 3, 4 and 5 for witness statements of the three witnesses, Mrs. A, Mr. B and Mrs. C). Detention at City Police Station 3. The author was taken to the detention facility of the City Police Station where he was detained incommunicado for four consecutive days. He was not permitted to contact anybody, including his family or his lawyer. The author was detained in an underground cell which measured one metre by two meters, and had a ceiling height of four meters. A bright light in the cell remained lit at all times. There was no toilet or sink in the cell. The walls of the cell were white and soundproof. The author’s only form of contact was with his interrogators and the prison guards. The author’s cell had a small, one-way spy-hole through which the prison guards could watch the author. The author was not provided with a mattress or bedding, natural light, recreational facilities, decent food or adequate medical treatment. 4. During these four days, the author was interrogated in an interrogation room several times by the same police officers that had arrested him regarding his alleged involvement in the murder of a high-ranking police officer. The author maintained his innocence which caused the police officers to become enraged and to subject the author to physical and emotional abuse. The author was systematically beaten with clubs and batons which resulted in severe bruises and scarring. On at least two occasions, the author lost consciousness. It is possible and perhaps likely that bones were broken or fractured as healed fractures were subsequently revealed in medical examinations immediately after his release from detention (see below, paragraph 15 and Annex 6 for Dr. H’s medical report, dated 13 January 2003). The author was required to stand for great lengths of time whilst being deprived of food and water and he was stripped naked and suspended by his arms for lengthy periods. On one occasion, the author was placed in what appeared to be an electric chair and was falsely led to believe that he was to be executed. 5. On 27 September 2002, the police officers in the detention facility at the City Police Station threatened the author that if he did not sign a piece of paper, he would be exposed to “even worse” physical abuse, and possibly “beaten to death”. The police officers provided the author with a pen and showed the author only the line on which he was required to sign his name. The author signed the paper, without being able to read it and without having access to a lawyer (see Annex 7 for a copy of the document signed under duress by the author). 6. This document was a “confession” to the murder of a police officer, an offence which comes within the jurisdiction of the recently amended National Security and Public Order Act 1998 see Annex 8 for a copy of the National Security and Public Order Act 1998). Interrogation of the author had been authorized by the National Security and Public Order Act which ordains that indefinite interrogation is permitted in the case of a threat to the community. Detention at City Prison 7. On 27 September 2002, the author was formally charged with murder at the City Magistrate’s Court (see Annex 9 for a copy of the charge sheet). He was then transferred from the detention facility at the City Police Station to City Prison. On the same day, the author’s arrest was recorded in the database of City Prison (see Annex 10 for a copy of the entry in City Prison’s database relating to the author’s arrest). 8. On 27 September 2002, the author was given a cursory medical examination. During the examination, the author was not permitted to remove his clothing. He remained in long pants, longsleeves, and shoes throughout the examination. The doctor asked the author very few questions, 109