A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 92 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted Government response medical and technical reports and the public prosecution investigations to reach the facts upon which its judgment was established. The court responded to all the pleas of the defence during the trial including the plea of the invalidity of the confessions because they were made under physical and moral duress. However, the court was satisfied that the confessions of the suspects and the other accused persons during the investigations were made by persons who have the will and the discernment and are fully aware of the charges against them. Moreover, it was found when the accused persons appeared for the first time before the public prosecutor that they were free from any injuries. The court was certain that the suspects were fully aware that the investigations were made by the PPO and that it had informed them with the charges against them; and the court was convinced that their confessions were valid. The PPO investigation scripts affirmed that the Prosecutor viewed the suspects and remarked that they were free from apparent injuries. The pleadings concerned with torture were forwarded to the court. The court responded to the lawyers’ request to refer the suspects to forensic medicine as mentioned in the causes of the judgment. The court had no suspicions about the suspects’ confessions before the PPO throughout the numerous investigation sessions. Moreover, the suspects brought complaints to the Judgments Confirmation Office. The documents indicate quite evidently that the right to litigation was not violated. The suspects

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