3.2. Examination of appeals and information The examination of received appeals and other information directly on the ground or by instructing this or another governmental body to investigate has been one of the main directions of the Commissioner’s activity in the field of combating torture. As such, various applications and complaints sent to the post and email addresses of the Commissioner, received via the hotline, and submitted during receptions and visits, as well as relevant information received by the Office and regional centres of the Commissioner and corresponding materials published in media have been investigated. The analysis of the investigation of the applications and complaints, as well as other information regarding torture that were received by the Commissioner in 2009-2010 gives grounds for saying that irrespective of the form of investigation, in some cases even when signs of violence are discovered, it is still impossible to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt because of the shortage or absence of evidence. Let’s look at a practical example. The information received from a public organization stated that R.P. was detained by the officers of the Sumgayit CPO on 5 March 2010 and that was documented only after 2 days, i.e. on 7 March 2010, during the mentioned period he and the other 2 persons arrested together with him were detained in the CPO illegally and subjected to torture with the aim of making them confess to a crime that they had not committed, and as a result confessions were obtained, as well as though when the Sumgayit City Court was ordering detention on remand in respect of those persons, signs of injury were found on R.P.’s body and Deputy Prosecutor of Sumgayit City who was participating in the process stated that the fact of torture would be investigated, no investigation was carried out, and the motion submitted for the examination of the accused persons was unsuccessful. R.P. and the other accused persons charged together with him were received in private by the members of the NPM Group visiting InIs No.3 of the PS where those persons were detained. During the interview R.P. and I.F. stated that they were beaten in a service room of the CPO by policemen, 81