A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 There were four detainees, in a small waiting room, not designed to be a cell. These detainees do not seem to be registered at all and are also not counted in the figures provided to the Special Rapporteur by the Ministry of Citizens Protection, as it was also the case for Omonia and Agiou Panteleimonos Police Stations. In the cell, the air was barely breathable because of the smoke. There were no beds, only chairs and a bench. There was garbage all over the floor, and several chairs they used for sleeping. There were no toilets in the cell either, and detainees have access to them only in the evening. They receive no food from the police, but families can bring food. The conditions of detention in the 2nd floor are much better than in the 4th floor. Detainees held on the second floor in police custody say that the worst they experienced in this police station was the treatment at the CID, where they were regularly beaten by CID officers. The detainees in CID custody were very afraid of reprisals. The Special Rapporteur conducted a joint debriefing with the Chief of Police and the Chief of the CID, who both denied any knowledge of torture or beatings and claimed that they provide the best possible treatment to the detainees. The Chief of Police, in particular, claimed that every detainee receives an information sheet with all their rights and that he provides all services, such as telephone calls with lawyers and relatives, constant supply of water and showers, and three meals a day to all detainees including those at the 4th floor. However, when he wishes to show the receipt of the day’s food order for 19 people, he could not find it. He also strongly maintained that since he is in this position (26 March 2010), no form of torture or beatings had happened. The Chief of the CID is somewhat more open and self-critical. He arrived here on 14 November 2009 and had not received any complaint of torture either. But he admits that the conditions of detention had deteriorated since March 2010. The main problems were identified as the inhuman living conditions for detainees. In his opinion, the temporary holding facility in the 4th floor might be acceptable for 1 to 2 hours but not for any longer. He acknowledges that the CID keeps detainees there for up to 3 days, and said that food and water was provided by the Chief of Police. According to both officers, people arrested on a criminal charge are brought to the CID and can be held there for up to 3 days. They check their criminal records and bring them before the courts. If they are then kept in administrative detention, they are brought to the cells in the 2nd floor. A decision to release them can only be taken by the Aliens Department. Most of their explanations are in contradiction to all the interviews conducted. The statements by the detainees were more credible than those of the police officers. The Chief of Police seemed to be very concerned about his authority and responsibility for the entire police station, unlike in other police stations where chiefs stated clearly that CID was under a completely separated authority. Individual cases A male detainee from Iraq who has political asylum since 2007 was arrested four days earlier in the streets for possession of ecstasy pills. He was beaten upon arrest, and strangled by an officer. He was then beaten again on the second floor of the police station, by police and CID officers. He will not raise this fact in court because he is too afraid of reprisals. A male detainee from Algeria was arrested three days earlier at the bank while he was taking money in order to leave the country and because he had no papers. He was not beaten, but complains that there is no bed in the cell, only one bench and chairs, and that detainees have to sleep on the chairs. Also, there is no window and he says that the smoke hurts him a lot. Finally, he complains that detainees in CID do not receive any food from the officers, and cannot take a shower. 58