A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 30 In this position he was raised and lowered so that his head hit the floor several times. From the ill-treatment his testicles were swollen to the size of a grapefruit and he had to walk with his legs apart. On the first day after the beating, they were bright red and on the second day they turned to a blackish red. The swelling lasted for one and a half months and for 25 days he had blood in his urine. He still feels a burning sensation when he tries to urinate. On the top of his head the hair did not grow back after the ill-treatment and he showed a bald patch of about four centimetres in diameter. When he was tortured he heard that somebody raised the volume on a TV in order to drown out his screaming. He also heard cell doors opening and closing. The officer who was with him in the room spoke Tamil. After three days he was brought to Grand Pass Police Station and his blindfold was removed. After two days there he was transferred to TID. When the TID officers took down his details they asked him whether he had been beaten. He answered, “Yes”, and they said, “We will also beat you.” From 15 to 22 September, he had to stay in an office on the first floor. He was beaten on his feet with a plastic pipe filled with sand while an officer grabbed him by the throat, pulled him back and lifted him. He reported that on the day of the first visit of the Special Rapporteur, he was brought up to the office of Branch No. 1 because the officers wanted to prevent him speaking out. He had to lie under a bench. When he heard the Special Rapporteur speaking he wanted to shout but an officer kept his mouth shut with his hand. Examination by a forensic doctor disclosed no specific injuries to corroborate the account but this was not unexpected given the nature of the injuries alleged and the time interval since infliction. However, the account of the physical effects of the ill-treatment was so precise and detailed as to be compelling from a medical perspective. 11. Detainee, female. She reported that her husband was tortured before her eyes. 12. Detainees, children. They reported that they were not beaten but that the officers often used foul language to insult them. 13. The Special Rapporteur recommends that prompt and independent investigations of all allegations of torture and ill-treatment be carried out in order to bring those responsible to justice (i.e. the alleged perpetrators, Inspector of Police Saman, Police Constable Perera, and the management of TID, including the Director of TID, Senior Superintendent of Police, Nandana Munasinghe, as well as the CID officers allegedly responsible for the ill-treatment of Nicholas Stephen). II. MOUNT LAVINIA POLICE STATION, COLOMBO (Visited on 3 October 2007) 14. Mount Lavinia Police Station is a two-storey building, staffed by about 326 officers. The cell block contains three cells, each approximately about 3 by 2 metres and a corridor. According to the detainees, the inner cell doors are always open and prisoners can move about freely inside. Detainees have to sleep on the floor in the cells and inner corridor. Detained women stay in one of the offices and sit on a bench or sleep on the floor. Visitors can come to the police station and bring food and water. At the time of the visit, 19 men were detained. According to the information from the prisoners, four detainees were taken out of the cell and hidden in an unknown place believed to be Ratmalana Police Post shortly upon arrival of the Special Rapporteur. No entry in the custody registers indicated prisoner transfers. The Special Rapporteur was later informed that two hours after his departure from the station, the four hidden