A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 Cell 7 There were seven detainees held in Cell 7, including Eron Andrias, aged28, (in the cell for two weeks); Mathew Kumin, aged 28 (in the cell for two weeks); Martin Tukre, aged 20 (in the cell for two weeks); Samuel Kops, aged 30 (in the cell for one day). One detainee had been in the cell for six weeks. All of the detainees had been charged, however, none of them had a lawyer or legal aid and they had not been seen by a judge. In general, the detainees indicated that the police officers were ignorant regarding their requests for medical attention. They indicated that their personal belongings had been confiscated upon arrival, and they were afraid that they had been taken away for the officers’ personal use. In terms of ill-treatment, the detainees reported regular rapes of female detainees by the police officers. Furthermore, they reported an incident four weeks prior in which a detainee had been beaten by an officer with an axe. Duty officer Gutok was identified as one of the harshest officers. Cell 9 Michael, Bob, Kit, Friel, Tom Tango, Bila and S. They complained about the conditions in the station, but did not report any physical ill-treatment. They noted that the police raped women they brought in for the night and then released them. They complained about the light being on all night in the cell. The juveniles shared cells with adult detainees. The last time they had been allowed out of the cell was two days prior, for 20 minutes. One detainee said that the police sometimes brought young boys to the station for minor offences, and used them to clean the corridors. H. A., aged 16, had been held there for three weeks. After his arrest, he spent two days at the police station and was then transferred to Bomana Prison, where he had been beaten on the legs, arms and back with a piece of timber, for approximately seven minutes. He stayed at Bomana for one week and was transferred to Hohola Juvenile Remand Centre. He indicated that the Brothers who took care of them were kind and that there was no physical abuse or fights between the detainees. Cell 10 There were five detainees, including one juvenile, J. R. A detainee, aged 25, had a broken nose and probably broken ribs for the past six days. He had been beaten in the streets by the police. The forensic expert examined his broken nose through the bars, but was unable to examine his ribs. Cell 11 The detainees indicated that bribery was common and the fastest way to get out of the police station. They added that the guards had sex with the female prisoners. Female section A female detainee, aged 38, was accused of stealing. The complainant had taken her to the police station at 6 p.m. the day before. She had been questioned and taken to cell 1. A female detainee, aged 40, had been arrested three weeks before after her husband’s family took her to the police station. She had to wash the male detainees’ clothes, fetch water for them and sweep the bags and bottles with excrement and urine to the dustbin. She also helped the male detainees by getting cigarettes, betel nut and other items. She was worried about what would happen to the female detainees when they were transferred. A female detainee, aged 23, slept in the cell for one night and had been released the next morning. She went back to the village and her relatives said they wanted 2,000 Kina to 64