Prevalen
nce of Torturre, Cruel or Inhuman
I
Treeatment at Detention
D
F
Facilities
Source: Human
H
Rightss Commissio
on of the Ma
aldives
47. As peer the HRCM
M Act Articlee 20 (a)(b) and
a 21 (e)(f) , the HRCM
M has looked
d into the hu
uman
rightss violations that
t
took place during and
a after thee arrest of the demonsttrators who were
taken
n into custod
dy in the pro
otests in Male’ and Addu
u City on Feb
bruary 8, 2012. A fact fin
nding
team
m from HRCM
M visited Ad
ddu City on
n February 10,
1 2012 to
o investigatee allegationss and
comp
plaints lodge
ed at HRCM. Following are the findin
ngs of this in
nvestigation..
a) Seven
nteen peoplee were treatted in Feydh
hoo Health Centre
C
with various leveels of
injurie
es in the unrrest that too
ok place in Addu
A
City on
n 8th Februaary 2012. Am
mong
them were a persson with a broken
b
leg and
a a person
n with a ½ in
nch lesion to
o the
head.
b) Amon
ng those who claimed to
o have been
n subject to Police brutaality while under
u
Police
e custody, 10
0 of them had
h visible marks,
m
woun
nds, gashes and
a cuts. One of
them also had a burn
b
mark th
hat resembleed a cigarettte burn on his foot.
c) Even though,
t
eacch prison celll in Gan Police Station are built to accommodate 2
people, there were 5 to 6 people placed in a cell, leadingg to suffoccating
condittions and craamming.
Chapter: Article 7 – Prohibition of Torture & Article 10 –Conditions of Detention
46. Follow
wing are the
e details of the numberr of cases lodged to HRC
CM from thee year 2010 with
regarrd to treatment of arrestted or detain
ned personss and degrad
ding treatmeent or torturre.
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