A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 Individual cases A male detainee, aged 32, from Morocco, has been held in this small cell for 11 days. He is terribly afraid to speak to the Special Rapporteur because of fear of reprisals. When he was arrested, CID officers put him on the ground and handcuffed him, but did not beat him. He says they are treated like pigs, and were 23 detainees in the cell until some days ago. He complains that he can go to the toilets only if the officer in charge is nice. He says he sleeps on cardboard since there is no bed and only one long bench. He has no blanket either. A male detainee, aged 40, from Afghanistan, has been held for 7 days in CID custody. He speaks very low because of fear of the officers next to the cell, and states that one of them, the commander, is particularly violent. He was asked for his pink card during a control in the street, and did not carry it with him. Police officers therefore brought him here, without violence. He was then beaten in the ribs five times by the Commander’s fists. He said that he feels very afraid since the officers often come and beat people in the cell, and sometimes are three to beat one detainee. A male detainee, aged 20, from Palestine, was arrested 3 days ago by several police officers and pushed to the ground. Also neo-Nazis were there, and a fight between right and left wing people had broken out, but no neo-Nazis were detained. He was accused of theft. At the police station, there were no more beatings. They received one or two cold meals per day and could use the toilet twice a day. They used this opportunity also to fetch water. He went with two African men to the court but they had no access to a lawyer. On 26 October he will have the next court hearing. A male detainee, aged 18, from Georgia, came to Greece 2 weeks ago and stayed with his aunt in Athens. On 15 October, he was picked up by the police in the street as he had no documents and was brought before the court. The day after the interview, he was going to the court again where he hoped his aunt was present. A male detainee, from Albania, has been a drug addict and was very agitated and angry since he was dependent on methadone but has not received any medicine in time. He was told to wait another 2 hours. Akropolis Police Station, Athens Visited on 18 October 2010 The Special Rapporteur was received by Chief of Police Constantinos Kaldis. In the official holding cells at the 2nd floor of Akropolis Police Station, there were 15 irregular migrants kept and registered. There were four cells, a shower and two toilets, connected by a small corridor. The cells were fairly dark and the air was bad. During the past month, there were up to 30 detainees kept there. It is semi-open, and detainees can walk in that area at any time, and also access the telephone. They receive food twice a day. But they do not have access to a doctor. The court usually drops the criminal charges (on theft, possession of drugs etc.), but they remain in administrative detention, in which they are systematically kept for up to 6 months. During the interviews, the Special Rapporteur was told that there is a CID holding cell on the fourth floor of the building. The visit of the CID is described in the next section. Individual cases Group interview of six male detainees from Somalia and Palestine, who have been held in the police station for up to 45 days. They all complain about the food that is very repetitive 56