A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 page 137 altercation ensued during which he was ill-treated and verbally abused by a group of police officers. He was later handcuffed and detained. 8 682. The Government informed that an investigation, which is currently underway, has been initiated in connection with the alleged ill-treatment of Mustafa Rollas in a police station in İzmir. Apart from this individual case, based on information previously reported by the Government, the Government reiterated that this recommendation has already been met by Turkey. 683. Recommendation (b) stated: The legislation should be amended to ensure that any extensions of police custody are ordered by a judge, before whom the detainee should be brought in person; such extensions should not exceed a total of four days from the moment of arrest or, in a genuine emergency, seven days, provided that the safeguards referred to in the previous recommendation are in place. 684. In addition to information previously reported (e.g. A/HRC/4/33/Add.2, para. 617, and E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.2, para. 304), the Government stated that detention periods and conditions have been brought fully in line with international standards, and that the detention periods are being strictly observed in practice. 685. Recommendation (c) stated: Pilot projects at present under way involving automatic audio- and videotaping of police and jandarma questioning should be rapidly expanded to cover all such questioning in every place of custody in the country. 686. According to non-governmental sources, the use of audio- and video-taping equipment (and CCTV) in all areas of detention centres would be an important safeguard. However, in several cases reported to NGOs, the police have maintained that video or CCTV records were unavailable in the room where the alleged torture or illtreatment occurred. In the case of the fatal shooting in police custody of Nigerian asylum seeker Festus Okey in Istanbul on 7 September 2007, the police insist that there were no cameras in the room where the incident occurred. 687. The Government informed that the trial of the police officer who has been accused of murdering Festus Okey, is ongoing at the 7th Criminal Court of First Instance of Beyoğlu (Registry No. 2007/308). 688. In more general terms, in accordance with the legal framework provided by article 147(h) of the new Criminal Procedure Code and article 11(g) of the “Regulation on apprehension, detention and statement taking,” and for the purposes of ensuring the physical integrity of suspects against self-harm, preventing possible violations of human 8 For a detailed account of all dimensions of this incident detailing the sequence of events and procedural irregularities, see the press statement made by the Cagdas Hukukcular Dernegi Genel Merkez (General Headquarters of the Contemporary Lawyers Association, Ankara) dated 21/9/2007): http://www.cagdashukukculardernegi.org/basin_bultenleri/basin_bultenleri/genel_merkez_basin_aciklamas i_21.09.2007.html