A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 that his vertebras might be broken at the lumbar level. He was taken to Boroko Police Station and was sent to Bomana Prison on 31 March. The week before the visit, he was taken back to Boroko Police Station to prepare his court appearance. During his interrogation by the CID, he was threatened with torture outside the police station, in order to confess, but no physical force was used against him. Although he felt severe pain, he had not received any medical attention. Besides his medical needs, he asked the Special Rapporteur to help him obtain his university and school certificates, which had been confiscated by the police during the raid at his home in Waigani. A male detainee, aged 24. Two weeks before the visit he had been taken from the road by 9 or 10 soldiers in green uniform around Nine Mile. He was not causing any trouble but they bashed him and put him in a bus. They beat him with their hands, sticks and barbed wire. He was then taken to a reception room at the Goldy Barracks outside of Port Moresby. They threatened to kill him, and for the next two hours, the same soldiers tortured him with hammer on his kneecaps. He was then taken to Boroko Police Station. He was beaten by the police during the transfer with their hands and gun butts. He asked for medical care but it was not provided. He was still bleeding on his hands and face and had cuts under both eyes. He did not know why he was detained. A male detainee, aged 28. Five days before the visit he was in North Waigani, drunk, and had a fight with some boys, who punched him and dragged him along the highway. One of the boys reported the incident to the Waigani police and obtained a doctor’s report. While he was sleeping at home in Morata, around 3 a.m., a vehicle arrived with the boys who had filed the complaint and they beat his wife and sister, punched him and took him to the Waigani police station where he was kept for two days. He did not receive any medical attention from the police. He was taken to Boroko Police Station and charged with assault. He had been to court two days before. The judge saw his injuries and set bail at 150 kina. He was waiting for the bail to be paid so that he could be released. P. G., aged 19. On 20 April 2010 he was taken from his house by police officers in blue uniform. He was beaten in the face and taken to Berina Police Station where he was locked up for days and once again beaten. The police used a stick to beat him on the head and punched him on the face He was later transferred to Boroko Police Station. James Airi, aged 23, from Port Moresby. At the time of the visit, Mr. Airi was lying on the floor, hardly capable to move his body, and only able to speak with great difficulty. His body displayed numerous injuries and abrasions on his feet, chest, and head. His face was swollen. Mr. Airi’s family had brought food for him; however, he was not able to eat it due to pain. Mr. Airi had been arrested two nights before for possession of marijuana. Initially, Mr. Airi had tried to run away, but was caught by the police and surrendered. Despite putting up no resistance, five to six officers kicked and punched him with an iron rod and wooden sticks at the market. Subsequently, Mr. Airi was taken by foot to a police post where he was held for about one hour and charged with drugs possession. Afterwards, he was transferred to Boroko Police Station where no further beatings where inflicted on him. The forensic doctor concluded that the injuries corroborate Mr. Airi’s account of the abuse by the police. As confirmed during the debriefing with the authorities of Boroko Police Station, the officers were aware of Mr. Airi’s condition, but had not provided any medical care. It was only after the meeting with the Special Rapporteur that the ambulance from Port Moresby’s General Hospital took Mr. Airi for treatment. L. A., aged 20, from Southern Highlands, was arrested on 19 April 2010 at Gordon’s market in Port Moresby. After his attempt to run away failed, the police beat him. He was held for two days at a police post close to the market before being taken to Boroko Police Station. He was handcuffed during the transfer. Since the arrest he suffers from knee pain. On 14 May, he complained to one officer about the insufficient quantity and poor quality of 28