absence of a lawyer,as well as expanding the powers of prosecutors and the competent
courtin reltion to the provision of legal aid to persons accused of crimes punishable by
other penalties other that the aforementioned, which enails the need toguarantee the
provision all of the fair traial requirements.
Concerningthe implementation of monitering visits , it is to be noted in this regards, that
the Center has carried out (127) unannounced visits in 2014, in cooperation with the
Transparency and Human Rights Office at the Public Security Directorateto the places of
temporary detention in the Kingdom, to examin the conditions of these facilities and
meeting with detainees, revwieing all records and the information contained therein, and
assess the situation of those places and the services provided to them. The reports underline
the persistance of a number of negative practices that affect the rights of detained persons,
which has already referred to in previousJNCHR reports, and which constitute a violation
of relevant international and national standards, including:
1. The lack of accurate records at the places of detention, particularly in the police
centers, which is in violation of the due procedures that require the existence of records
that shall contain the time and place of arrest, the identity the staff members, the actual
venue of custody, the health status of the person upon arriving at the detention center,
the time of the contact with the family and the lawyer, the time to visit the detained
person, and information on the medical examinations upon arrival to the center and
upon transfer.
2. Failure to allocate special places to detain juveniles and women in most security
centers, forcing employees to take them to the designated areas, both in the police
departments or other centers .
3. Non-observance of the criteria for the classification of detainees guaranteed by the
national and the international established norms.
2. Non-observance of the need of detainees to contact the outside world, the right to a
have a lawyer, and to see a doctor during the period of detention because of inadequate
legislation
3. Exceeding the statuary limit of detaining the suspects, which should not exceed
more than (24) in most cases.
4. The extension of the administrative detention periods issued by local governors
under the Crime Prevention Law of 1954 for long periods. NCHR monitored the
presence of numerous irregularities, including the existence of arrest warrants that are
ready and signed in advance by the local governors at the police centers and
departments to extend the detention of persons under the pretext of the investigation
and without complying with the provisions of the Crime Prevention Law of 1954 .
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