A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 33 The Special Rapporteur spoke on the phone to the TID Director, requested and later received a full list of all 59 detainees, some of whom were released and some of whom were brought to Colombo Remand Prison. Some of these detainees he could speak to during his second visit to the TID Headquarters, the Colombo Remand Prison and the New Magazine Prison (Female Ward) in Colombo. First wing 26. According to the information from the 19 detainees in the first wing, several of them reported having been subject to torture and ill-treatment by various methods at Boosa Camp or at an earlier stage in police custody or army camps. Eleven detainees reported that a plastic bag filled with petrol was pulled over their head; eight were reportedly beaten with sticks; six detainees say that they were handcuffed and then suspended and five were suspended in the “parrot’s perch” position (also known as dharama chakara) - the detainee is handcuffed in front of his knees, his legs are shackled, a stick is passed through his arms and behind his knees, and the person is suspended upside-down. Several detainees were subjected to ill-treatment on their private parts; three detainees reported that petrol was poured over their penis; and five explained that a rope or string was tied around their penis and then pulled. 27. The detainees alleged that the toilets were freshly painted the day before the visit of the Special Rapporteur, and the TV was installed on the morning of the visit. Third wing 28. Detainee. He was arrested on suspicion of membership in the LTTE. He was initially brought to the TID premises in Colombo, and taken to the first floor where three or four different units had their offices. There he was handcuffed to a table in a large office, to which a smaller office was attached. He was tortured for three days in order to obtain a confession and information on his friend, who was also suspected to be a member of the LTTE. During this time, he was beaten by three officers, one of them named Kankha. The officers used two wooden sticks to beat him on the back, buttocks and legs. He was handcuffed crosswise behind his back and beaten. The beatings usually lasted for one hour before he was handcuffed to the table again and given a rest. For about one week after the ill-treatment he had problems sitting and walking. After about one month, he was produced before a medical officer who gave him a medical certificate. He complained about the torture before court but nothing happened. He stayed at TID for about two months. During the first 15 days, his family was not informed of his arrest. The ICRC came to see the detainees. Later, he was transferred to Boosa. 29. Detainee. He was arrested on suspicion of providing support to the LTTE. He was brought to Boosa, where four officers beat him in an office used for interrogations. One of them used a plastic pipe of four centimetres in diameter, which was filled with sand. The others beat and kicked him with their hands and feet. He was mainly beaten on his legs and on the soles of his feet but also kicked on the right lower part of his abdomen. During the beatings he was always