A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 brother. The police beat him around the mouth. He had not had a shower since being detained. Rashib Iqbal, aged 33, and Mirza Umer, aged 23, had been arrested 25 days ago for possessing false travel documents. They complained about the aggressive behaviour of the officers who would often shout at them. They did not receive sufficient sanitary products to keep clean and wash their clothes which made the detention in an overcrowded cell even more difficult. They had no exercise or activities and could not access any other belongings from their luggage than their clothes. A male detainee from Senegal was arrested at the airport on 4 October 2010 for the possession of a false passport. He was taken to an office at the airport for interrogation. He was racially insulted and slapped in the face by an officer in order to admit that he was using someone else’s passport. He was told that he would be released upon confession. After one hour interrogation he admitted that it was not his passport and he was brought to the detention area. The next day he was brought before the attorney but only afterwards he could talk to a lawyer. He had been told that he would have to stay at least 15 days but did not now what will happen to him in the future. Due to the very limited access to the shower he displayed skin problems. He had only rare access to a doctor who did not provide him with medication. Due to his skin problems the officers let him access the shower more regularly. Cell 17 Group interview of 8 male detainees from Afghanistan, Albania, Somalia and Tunisia who have been held up to 60 days. They were 14 in total but 6 were in court. One of them explained he was hit in the legs by an officer after he was calling him to use the toilets because of a stomach problem. The man from Somalia had a bladder problem. The findings of the forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur corroborated his statement, and he recommended sending him to a hospital. Several of them complain that they are forced to remain in the cell although they accept to buy a new plane ticket and go back to their countries. Cell 18 A male detainee, from Palestine, had been detained for 16 days. He has been charged for forging travel documents but has not been told what will happen to him. He complained about the harsh and aggressive treatment by the officers. They would insult them, grab them violently and push them around. He had once been able to receive a visitor from abroad who was despite the long journey to Greece not allowed to meet him without direct supervision by an officer and for no longer than 5 minutes. A male detainee, from Somalia, had a medical condition due to which he had to access the toilet more than just two times a day. Once when he continuously knocked the door to be left out, an officer opened the door and kicked him to the ground. A male detainee, from Tunisia, detained for 60 days complained that he has not been able to inform his parents about his whereabouts. Cell 19 Group interview of 10 male detainees from Algeria, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nigeria, and Syria, who have been held between 2 and 25 days. They say that they are all sick because of the pasta they received the day before. An Indian detainee is feeling very bad and was not allowed to see a doctor. They all complain about the fact they can go to the toilets only three times a day, and not at all during the night, and have only access to the telephone for one minute per day. They say they have no room to sleep and that they are cold at night. 49

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