ANNEX 3: NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIVE QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEWS WITH PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN POLICE STATIONS/PRISONS ÎÎBackground to the arrest Describe the circumstances of the arrest: uuWhen and where did it take place? uuWho made the arrest? How many persons were involved? Were they in uniform? Were they police officers, military or personnel of some other description? uuDid they handcuff you? uuDid they tell you why you were being arrested? uuDid they inform you about your rights and, if so, which rights? uuDid they take you straight to the police station? How did they take you here? ÎÎArrival at the police station/prison uuWhen did you reach the police station/prison? uuWhere were you taken on arrival? (to an office, a cell, etc.) uuWith whom did you speak when you arrived? uuWere you informed of your rights? If so, which rights? uuDid you sign a document of any kind? Did you make any confession, orally or in writing? uuWere you questioned? If so, by whom? uuWere you able to contact a family member? - or a lawyer? uuWere you taken to a doctor? Were you medically examined? uuWere you brought before a magistrate or judge? uuHow were you treated while being arrested, questioned or held at the police station/prison? If you were ill-treated, did you report it? To whom? What was the outcome? ÎÎConditions of detention (police station and prison) uuHow long did you spend in the cell? uuDid you share the cell with anyone else? If so, with how many others? uuWere men held separately from women? Were adults held separately from children? uuDid you receive food and water? How many times? uuWhere was the toilet? What were the arrangements for going there? uuWhere did you wash? ÎÎOther questions uuWere you subjected to any disciplinary punishment (if so, please describe)? uuWhat was your daily programme? How much time did you spend outside the cell/for sport/ leisure activities, etc.? uuCould you maintain contact with your family (how, with what frequency)? ANNEXES I 43