A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 boyfriend, to go back to Russia. She will be allowed to travel home on Monday. The detainee from Belarus wished to work in Greece and also managed to work for some time. Then she was back in Belarus and returned to Greece. Because of a false document she received a sentence of 3 months suspended. A male detainee, aged 32, from Morocco, had been transferred from the overcrowded men’s detention facilities after one day because of his asthma. He slept in a separate room but could mix with the women and families. Later at the debriefing, the reason invoked why no other male detainees were in that section as well was that when it happened in the past, they damaged the cells. Kos Police Station, Kos Visited on 16 and 17 October 2010 The Special Rapporteur was received by Chief of Police Dionysios Kapandritis. There were seven men and two women detained in separate cells. The police station is in a government house which was built in the years 1927 to 1929 and which houses the Sub-Prefecture of Kos, the courts and the Greek Police. The detention cells can be found in the ground floor, both for men and women. There were seven detainees in the men’s section: three Iranians, and one detainee from Greece, Egypt, Afghanistan and Eritrea. The cells were fairly spacious and clean but a bit dark. Detainees could leave their cells and communicate freely with the others. A toilet and a shower were available and freely accessible by the detainees. During the debriefing, the chief of police said that he had been in this position only for 5 days. He was not very cooperative when the Special Rapporteur asked questions. He said that he was trying to get more funds to improve the conditions of detention. In general, the police station made a fairly good impression. Some detainees were seen released after the visit of the Special Rapporteur which he could verify the next day. Individual cases A.R., aged 35, from Iran, came by boat from Turkey and landed in Kos on 15 August 2010, together with 5 other Iranians. The others had no passports and were released 2 days ago (with 1 month notice to leave), whereas he came with a valid passport and was not released. He thought that he was in trouble because he did not throw away his passport as the others did. During the arrest, he was handcuffed in front but not beaten. They received food 3 times a day (bread and tea for breakfast, warm lunch and dinner) which was not good. They received no soap or shampoo and could not use the telephone. The next day he was released. X, aged 23, from Iran, arrived from Turkey without his parents’ agreement and came voluntarily to Kos, where he was arrested by the Port police. He wished to go back to Iran. A.A., aged 38, from Iran, said that he lived in the UK between 2000 and 2010. Since 2009 he took medicine against hepatitis C and became depressive. This is the reason why he was sent from the UK to Iran on 23 March 2010. But he decided to go back to the UK illegally. He arrived in Greece from Turkey and wished to go to Athens. Y, aged 19, from Afghanistan, arrived from Turkey via Northern Greece and travelled to Athens. Then he went by boat to Kos in order to fly to Germany. He was arrested at the airport when he wanted to board the plane. He was going to be set free soon. K., from Egypt, has been for 4 years in Greece but his residence permit expired 2 years ago. He came to Kos to search for work. He was arrested on 21 April 2010 and spent almost 6 52

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