A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 138 Para 113. Country Date 13/06/07 Type JUA Mandate WGAD; IJL; TOR Allegations transmitted Ghasan Ibrahim Hussein, Ibrahim Mustafa Abdulrahman Ayash, a 70-year-old retired teacher, Jamal Khalil Abdulrahman, Mohammed Khalid Ahmed, Kamal Ribhi Asa’ad, Ra’fat Mohammed Awath, and Salih Mustafa Lutfi, all of whom are Palestinian refugees. The seven men were among a group of Palestinians, who were arrested on 13 and 14 March 2007 at the compound Al-Baladiyat in Baghdad. The arrests were carried out by the 4th Brigade of the special forces of the Ministry of Interior, and police officers from Al-Rashad Police Station. They were supported by MNF-I troops. The men were initially detained in Al-Rashad Police Station. Starting on 23 March 2007, the Ministry of Interior began to transfer them to the Serious Crimes Unit detention facility in AlAdhamiyah, and from there to the Serious Crime Unit - Eastern Canal (the former Al-Hakimiyah Directorate) in Baghdad, where they are currently detained. Both detention facilities are run by the Ministry of Interior. The detainees are shifted back and forth between the two facilities. On 24 April 2007, upon an order of the competent judge attached to the Serious Crimes Unit at AlAdhamiya, these men were transferred to the Serious Crimes Unit - Eastern Canal. They were interrogated and ill-treated for four hours, then returned to Al-Adhamiya. On 29 April 2007, the authorities sought to transfer the detainees again to the Serious Crimes Unit - Eastern Canal, however, their lawyer successfully instituted legal proceedings to prevent the transfer. The transfer Government response