A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 cell, where he has been for 28 days now. He was not allowed to contact the British Embassy. He has no lawyer. He assesses that detainees are desperate and treated like animals. He thinks this system will breed criminals. He particularly complains about the fact that detainees are not able to leave their cells at all. Upon arrival he did not have any medical check-up. He says that a day earlier his blood was taken by a nurse, and that he was injected some liquid. He said he did not know what it is since he was not told anything. Veysal Dogan, aged 48, is a Kurd from Turkey who was granted political asylum in Switzerland in 1988. He was recently in Turkey, and escaped by boat on 8 August 2010. He was arrested near Alexandroupoli without violence, and requested political asylum right away. He complained that the conditions of detention are terrible, and that there is not enough food. M.J., aged 21, from Iran was arrested and brought to the border guard station upon entry into Greek territory in September. He complained about being regularly shouted at by the officers if he does not understand or respond to their orders. He has witnessed several detainees being slapped and kicked. Furthermore, the officers sometimes woke the detainees up in the middle of the night in order to interrupt their sleep. Due to the severe overcrowding he had to share his mattress with one or more detainees and even had to sleep on the floor before. The cells were very cold, the heating did not work and they were not provided with adequate clothing or shoes. He often had to wait hours before being able to access the toilets when necessary and they were not provided with sanitary products. In the 42 days of detention, he was not allowed to leave the cells once. He complained about frequent fights between the detainees due to the poor detention conditions. He had no access to a lawyer or interpreter and did not want to claim asylum in fear of then being detained even longer. He had received no information on the grounds or length of his detention. S.D., aged 25, from Somalia had been detained for 20 days. He had received no information about the grounds and length of the detention or about the possibility of claiming asylum. The authorities have wrongfully identified him as a Nigerian although he speaks no English. When he and his two brothers complained about this, they were slapped by the officers. J.B., aged 29, from Iran, was arrested by two police officers on 2 September 2010 close to the train station in Soufli. He had crossed the Evros River. He was not subjected to handcuffs or force. He has been detained in this facility for 42 days. He was ordered to pull his trousers down upon arrest, and felt like he was treated like a criminal. The police took away all his belongings, including sentimental items from his family. He was afraid he would be sent back to Iran so he tore up his papers and swallowed them. He has not been given a change of clothes. He was sick but had not been seen by a doctor. He had been taken for a blood test and did not know the results yet. The guards spoke some English but there was no Farsi interpreter. A Greek refugee agency visited the facility and told him to seek asylum. He does not want to be refugee in Greece, as he wanted to go to the United Kingdom. He saw Afghans and Pakistanis detained and then released. Two days ago 30-40 Afghans and Pakistanis were released. He was not beaten but there is psychological pressure.. In August, there were a number of detainees beaten very badly to the point of unconsciousness but they had been deported. Four to five days ago some of the detainees were ordered to paint the cells and then they were deported. There were usually 40 people in the cell. The windows were cracked and cold air blew in. The toilet was in very bad condition so he tried not to go. The people used the water from the shower to drink. There was only one blanket per person and this was not enough. There were a number of fights among the detainees. S.S., aged 32, a Kurdish woman from Iran, had been detained in the facility for six weeks. She had crossed the Evros River with her husband in a rubber boat. She had not 29