A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 days). The cell was terribly overcrowded with an awful smell. They complained that they could only go at certain times to the toilet and almost never used a shower. Of all detainees, only 3 (from Albania, Georgia and India) were able to take a shower because one police officer was nicer and has sometimes permitted them to shower. There was no soap and towel in the shower and no shaving possibility (the officers said they provide a soap but no towels). They also complained that they cannot use the telephone, smoking was not allowed and the blankets were dirty. They received food 3 times (9am, 2 pm and in the evening) consisting of sandwiches, salad and macaroni, but almost no fruit. Nobody complained of beatings or other forms of ill-treatment. They also complained that they paid for a lawyer but can see him or her only for 5 minutes before the court hearing. They finally complained of very restricted access to their personal belongings but the officers said that they were always allowed access to their belongings in the corridor. Balwinder Singh, aged 33, from India, had paid 2000 € for documents to go back to India and had an air ticket when he was arrested by the police in Athens on 10 September 2010 at 1.30 pm. He was charged with possession of illegal documents and got a detention order until expulsion of a maximum of 6 months. Sometimes, he shared this cell with 15 or 16 people. David Pancylaia, from Georgia, had a proper passport but with a false visa. Since his cousin lived in Italy, he bought a ticket to Italy and was arrested when he tried to leave Greece. Since he suffered from hepatitis C he expressed his wish to go back as quickly to Georgia for the purpose of medical treatment. Although it was not possible to do a medical laboratory confirmation of the clinical situation, a medical examination was performed on the detainee that confirmed the possibility of an acute liver inflammation. Cell 16 Raduam Sayed Cherif, aged 27, from Algeria, had been detained in the facility for 22 days. He was arrested while stealing, taken to court and found not guilty and then detained for having no documents. He was not able to access the toilet when needed. He knocked on the cell door during the night to urinate but received now answer so he urinated in a plastic bottle. He was on hunger strike along with three others; only drinking tap water. He had a problem with this stomach and was not able to breathe. A doctor came and took a blood sample. Teton Kidita, aged 40, from Algeria, had been detained in the facility for 22 days. He was living in Belgium and then expelled back to Algeria. He tried to come back to Belgium through Greece. He was only able to use the phone for one minute. He had tried to call his mother but when the phone was answered it was his brother. When the guard heard a male voice (because he was standing right next to the phone) the guard hung up the phone and hit his head with the phone. He was on a hunger strike. He had problems with his head from a prior accident and he finished his medicine two days ago. Al Abd Ahmed, aged 41, from Egypt, had been detained in the facility for 17 days for possessing false documents (fake residency card). He had a valid Egyptian passport and did not understand why he has not been sent back to Egypt. Sergei Brianself, aged 41, from Ukraine, had been detained in the facility for eleven days. He had a valid plane ticket to go to Ukraine via Rome but when he tried to board the plane he was stopped. He said he had bought a ticket via Rome because it was less expensive then a direct flight but police detained him at the airport. He was on a hunger strike. He was having dizzy spells and fainting. He had self-inflicted bite marks on his wrists from trying to calm himself. Iqbelmoasar Mazher, aged 20, from Pakistan, had been detained in the facility for eight days. He was detained at the airport trying to board a plane to Italy to meet up with his 48

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