A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 Individual cases William Kapris Nanua, aged 31, is the most famous and best guarded prisoner in Papua New Guinea. He first escaped from prison on 6 November 2005. On 14 February 2007, he robbed, together with three people, the Metal Refinery Operation (MRO). In October 2007, he was arrested in Port Moresby by many police officers and taken to Boroko Police Station, where he stayed for one night. Then he was sent to Bomana. In February 2008, he escaped from the Three-Mile Hospital. He was allegedly used by various politicians, who received money from the bank robbery. On 17 July 2008 he was once again arrested on a highway and surrendered to the police. Nevertheless, they forced him to lie down on the highway, and Sergeant Terry Apolos shot him from a close distance with a 9mm gun in both his legs. He spent five days in a cell in Boroko Police Station, was taken before the court on 24 July and then sent to Bomana Prison, where he was kept without any medical treatment. On 12 January 2010, a woman came into the Maximum Security Section pretending to be a human rights lawyer and freed him, together with 12 others. They escaped with a vehicle that was waiting outside and he spent three weeks in the bush before he was re-arrested. He described the conditions at the prison as follows: they spend almost 24 hours per day in their single cells without daylight. At around 9 a.m. they are allowed to go outside for five minutes to fetch water, go to the toilet, take a shower and fetch their breakfast, which they eat in their cell. He was originally kept alone and completely isolated from the others in the D section, but now he is together with Oliver Benny Gabi in the C section. For breakfast they get tea and biscuits, rice and pasta for lunch at 11 a.m. and rice and tinned fish for dinner at 2 p.m. When the sun is shining, the roof heats up and the cells get very hot. There are many mosquitoes, flies and cockroaches. During the night they do not have enough water. When it rained, the roof leaked. They cannot receive any visits from families, doctors or lawyers. The guards do not talk to them and they have no right to speak to him. John Sikowel, aged 36, was arrested on 11 February 2010 in a residential area of Port Moresby by some 20 to 30 police officers from the mobile squad and special task forces in uniform. He surrendered to Officer Philip Bakob, whom he knew, but he still shot him with an automatic rifle. Mr. Sikowel was taken to the Six-Mile Hospital where he spent one month. He was then taken to Boroko Police Station, where he stayed for four days before he was sent to Bomana, from where he later escaped. He was later re-arrested, taken to Boroko Police Station and sent to Bomana Correctional Institution on 24 March 2010. At Gate 24, he was brutalized, beaten and forced to walk although he is disabled. He had to crawl into his cell. Since he is an escapee, he must stay at the Maximum Security Section for one year. He received some medication, but no proper medical treatment. He is locked in his cell most of the time and detainees have no books or magazines, cannot write letters or receive any visits, including from pastors. James Bari Bomai, aged between 60 and 70, escaped on 12 January 2010 and was rearrested on 11 February 2010 at Six-Mile district. He was forced to lie down with his face on the ground. He was shot from behind by Correctional Officer Martin Kundu. They brought him back to Bomana Correctional Institution, where he was detained without any medical treatment. His toe was strongly infected and the forensic expert recommended that he should be quickly taken to a hospital. He wishes to complain to the Ombudsman Commission and to get a lawyer in order to sue the Government for damages. Robert Amato, aged 29, was detained on 3 February 2004 during the day, in his village, by five officers of the mobile squad. He immediately surrendered and was taken to Six-Mile Police Station. There, he was beaten until he admitted the crime of which the officers accused him. After one night in the police station he was taken to Bomana Correctional Institution where he has been held since. He had seen detainees die of diseases. He was often beaten, usually with belts, mostly after fights broke out among detainees. 31