A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 19 Para 13. Country Date 27/06/07 Type AL Mandate TOR Allegations transmitted Government response one week. On 23 May 2007 he was first transferred from the hospital to Qudhaibeya Police Station and then to Nuaim Police Station in Manama, where he is being held at present. When his family requested to visit him on 22 May 2007 at Nuiam Police Station they were threatened by the station commander and forced to leave. subsequent injuries were sustained when he resisted arrest by the security forces at the scene of the crime. The accused was informed of the reasons for his arrest and was brought before the public prosecution service which is an independent judicial authority within the statutory 48 hour time limit as prescribed by article 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedures. He was then transferred to the military hospital for medical treatment. He was not detained in a police station. Officers at the station notified his family that he had been detained at the military hospital for having committed a crime. These procedures are consistent with international treaties. The Ministry of Interior did not receive any complaints from or on behalf of this person in connection with the allegations set out in the letter. It may be best to ask the public prosecution service about its investigations and their outcome. Ahmed Khamees Abdulla Hasan, aged 23, Ali Fardan, aged 22, Ali Marzooq, aged 22, Abbas Kathem, in his thirties and Sayed Ahmed Majeed, in his thirties. Following a protest held close to the sea, on 9 June 2007 at Malekeya, special forces and armed members of secret forces in civilian clothes severely beat the abovementioned individuals with plastic batons and rifle butts, kicked them with their safety boots, dragged them on the ground and sprayed tear gas on them. The five men sustained injuries, such as broken legs, and bruises. Subsequently the security officers detained them for five hours at Hamad Town Detention Center without providing