CCPR/C/118/D/2152/2012 author suffered from any parasites during his time in the detention centre. At the time of submission, the author was suffering from osteochondrosis and was having treatment. 6.6 The State party denies that the author was ever held in cell No. 35 and maintained that in cell No. 33, which is 11.4 m2 in size, he was only held with one other detainee and that he always had an individual bed and bed linen. 6.7 The State party maintains that the “reasonable statute of limitations” regarding the author’s allegations has expired, since more than six years had passed since the alleged violations of his rights and more than two years have passed since the courts rejected his complaint. The State party also reiterates its submission with regard to the author’s application to the European Court of Human Rights. 6.8 The State party further submits that there is no record of any conflicts between the author and his cellmates in the detention centre and that the author himself never filed any complaints with the administration of the centre regarding degrading treatment by other detainees or violations by officers in the detention centres. The register of personal complaints at the detention centre lists a number of occasions when the author addressed requests to the administration. All those requests were dealt with in accordance with the law and without discrimination. 4 The State party notes that the alleged violations were subject to judicial proceedings in the law suit of the author against the administration of the detention centre and the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury Department of the Komi Republic. The lawsuit was rejected on 29 May 2009 by a decision of the Syktyvkar City Court. The author also filed a complaint claiming that documents presented to the Court by employees of the detention centre were faked and requesting their criminal prosecution. Those claims were investigated by the Syktyvkar investigative department of the Russian Federation Investigative Committee which refused to bring criminal charges against the employees of the centre. The legality of that decision was verified by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation and no grounds to revoke it were found. The State party concludes that no violations of the author’s rights under articles 7, 10 (1) and (2) and 26 of the Covenant were committed during his detention in detention centre No. 1. Author’s comments on the State party’s observations on the merits 7.1 On 7 August 2013, the author reiterated his allegations regarding the period that he spent in the rubber cell. He also noted that the State party had admitted that he had been held in the punishment cell, providing the explanation that it was not recorded because he was there not as a punishment, but for his own protection. He reiterates, however, that he was held in the punishment cell for one and a half months and not for two days, as stated by the State party. He further notes that the State party confirms his claim regarding the existence of a loudspeaker in the corridor of the detention centre and reiterates that it was used to play the radio extremely loudly in order to prevent conversations. He further notes that even if in 2003 the shutters were removed from the windows of the detention cells, that was not the case for the punishment cells and further maintains that the window in the punishment cell where he was kept was covered with a metal sheet with small holes in it that did not allow adequate light and air into the cell. He further notes that the State party failed to provide information on when the heating season would start, reiterates his submission regarding the cold in the rubber cell and maintain that the State party’s submission also mentions that he was suffering from an acute respiratory infection on 20 September 2006. 7.2 The author also maintains that three of his cellmates (names on file) suffered from psychiatric illnesses and that one of them put psychotropic substances in the author’s food. 4 The State party does not specify the nature of the requests listed in the register, nor does it provide copies of documents or any details. 7