A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 officers often mocked the detainees and made fun of him because of his age. He complained that no officers were present during the night. Martin Sahoto, aged 21, was arrested by three officers on 12 March 2010 for marijuana consumption. He had never been beaten and taken directly to the cell. He complained he had trouble walking due to a disability and because the floor was slippery. A male detainee, aged 20, was arrested at the beginning of April, in the street. People from his village beat him with bricks and iron pipes because he had stolen something, and later took him to the police station, where he was kicked and beaten. The police beat him to try to force him to confess and he was also beaten once in the CID office. He was not allowed to see a doctor and had not been to court yet. He did not want to go back to his community. Richie Samuel, aged 20, was accused by some villagers of having beaten someone, so they beat him with sticks, iron bars and their fists on his head, face and back. They then put him in a car and took him to the police station. He was taken to court on 14 April, and was still on remand. He noted that there were fights among the detainees over food because they were all hungry, and the police did not intervene during the fights. N.N., aged 35, was arrested in 2005 at his home in Buka and transferred to the police station. He was charged soon after. He was released on bail one month after his arrest and the court proceedings lasted for approximately two years. He was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in October 2007. N.N. reported two incidents in which he was physically illtreated. For a long time, N.N. had been participating in a rehabilitation programme outside the police station, and for which he was allowed to leave the cell on his own. While on his way back from one such meeting, he encountered a group of young adults who were drinking beer in a public space. N.N. stopped and engaged in a conversation with them, speaking about the negative consequences and potential dangers of alcohol consumption. His discussion with the group was observed by a police officer who was passing by and who thought that N.N. was drinking and therefore abusing his permission to participate in the rehabilitation group. The officer then proceeded to arrest N.N. and the youths, and he was given no possibility to explain himself. As soon as he arrived to the car park of the police station, officers started to beat him. He was taken back to his cell, where he was severely beaten and kicked by about seven to eight officers. After the ill-treatment, N.N. had a swollen face and difficulties to eat due to an injured jaw bone. Some scars on his face which are said to originate from the beating were still visible at the time of the interview. Approximately one or two months before the visit of the Special Rapporteur, N.N. had been sick, however, no medical attention was provided and the officers ignored his complaints. At one point he succeeded in approaching the Officer in Charge (OIC) for detainees’ affairs and voiced his concern. The OIC granted N.N. permission to go to the pharmacy and to buy the medication he would require. Upon his return, the OIC for detainees’ affairs was not present and none of the present officers was able to open the cell door, since the key was with the OIC for detainees’ affairs. N.N. sat down at the car park right in front of the police station and to wait. At this point, the Commander of the Police Station, Mr. Alex Gunan, arrived with two young men who had been just arrested for being drunk. N.N. observed how Mr. Gunan forced the two detainees to do push-ups and wash their faces with mud. Mr. Gunan was surprised to see N.N. outside his cell and realized that his treatment of the two young men had been observed. Subsequently, Mr. Gunan took N.N. back to his cell and gave him a strong blow on his left cheek. When asked why he had been beaten, Mr. Gunan reportedly replied “I can beat you up whenever I want to”. Joel Anold, aged 20, was arrested on 29 March 2010 after having been involved in a fight in the course of which one person was killed. He sustained a severe injury on his left hand. During the arrest, Mr. Anold was beaten, punched, and kicked by six police officers. On the same day, he was transferred to Buka Police Station where he was formally arrested. Due to the abuse during his arrest, blood was running from his nose and forehead and he sustained 42