A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 and had been in Arawa police station for three weeks. He felt safe in the police cell. He was waiting for his mother’s clan to take him to their village as he would be safe there. He was treated well by the police, but needed more medical supplies as his have run out and he did not have money to buy more. Samson Nonta, aged 50. On 19 March 2010 he was arrested at Arawa market and taken to the police station. On 24 March 2010 he saw a judge and was sentenced on the same day to 12 months’ imprisonment. He did not have a lawyer. The police used force during the arrest and at the police station. He confessed after being beaten, punched in the mouth and kicked in the back. He had an injury on his lip. He was locked in a cell for two months and after that the police allowed him to walk around the station and to the market place due to his good behaviour. When he first arrived he had been beaten by the officers, but thanks to his good behaviour they were now friends. He indicated that the food was only enough sometimes and it varied between rice, greens and fish. A. D., aged 15, had been held at the police station for three months. He had been arrested at home and interrogated by the same officers who arrested him. He indicated that no violence was used during the interrogation, but that he had been verbally abused. He added that the Superintendent beat and kicked him as a punishment. He had not yet been before a magistrate, but did have a lawyer. H. M., aged 26, from Madang, was arrested three months before the visit for the possession of marijuana. During his arrest, which took place on the main road of Arawa and was conducted by four officers, he was beaten for a short period, including punches with the fist in his face. He reported to have sustained a bleeding nose, bruises in his face, and complained about pain in his eye. At medical examination performed by the forensic doctor no traumatic lesions were observed (but they could have disappear due to the period of time passed since the alleged aggression). Only a small injury was observed in his eye, that, although not specific, could be the result of the fist punches. After his arrest, he was transferred to Arawa Police Station, where he was exposed to further beatings at the reception area and in the cell. Since his arrival he has not experienced any further form of physical abuse. Three weeks after his arrest he was presented before a judge who sentenced him to eight months’ imprisonment for drug possession. The sentence had to be served at Arawa Police Station as only those with longer sentences are transferred to Buka. Throughout the entire process he had not had any contact with a lawyer or other forms of legal aid. Buka Police Station, Autonomous Region of Bougainville Visited on 18 May 2010 Since the only prison in Bougainville was destroyed during the armed conflict, Buka Police Station also serves as a prison. There are 93 detainees in two overcrowded cells and convicts and remandees are not separated. Drinking water is provided via a tank which collects rainwater; however its volume is too small. The showers and toilets are not separated and there is a lack of water. Detainees have no proper bedding. They reported that violent incidents among them are not uncommon, and mainly erupt due to disputes over the distribution of food or when punishing one detainee for so-called “misbehaviour”. The officers at the station are said to be aware of the fighting but have never intervened in any incident. The last case of inter-prisoner violence was said to have occurred in March 2010. Visits by family members or friends are in principle possible and normally last between 10 and 15 minutes. Detainees complained about the lack of separate rooms for the visits, which would allow for some privacy; instead detainees and visitors had to communicate through the bars of the cell block door, while police officers as well as other detainees 40