4- The delegation of the NIHR met with those responsible at the Center who explained that rioting
took place in a number of “wards,” where a visual recording of security cameras installed in the
building particular to visits was shown, where it became evident that the situation was normal, and
it was seen in the recording that there were two ladies accompanied by four children going in the
direction of the visits building to complete the procedures for visiting a relative, and a person from
among the relatives of the aforementioned was seen pushing two ladies outside without a palpable
reason, and it is evident from the recording that that person was shouting, whereupon a number of
policemen intervened and held him but he resisted, and also was observed the assault by one of the
two aforementioned ladies on a member of the female police.
5- Those responsible at the Center explained that this incident was artificially contrived for purposes
of creating chaos and rioting inside the facilities of the Center, which was something that they
confirmed through receiving information beforehand indicating that contrivance the incident,
was concurrent with the meetings of the Human Right Council in Geneva, through conveying
information to inside the Center indicating that policemen assaulted women and children from
among the relatives of the inmates to produce negative reactions.
6- Responsible persons of the Center added that after receipt of such information by the inmates in
the mentioned building they embarked upon creating disorder through shouting Allah Akbar (God
is Great) and pounding on the doors of the prison cells, and one of the inmates present proceeded
to detain a member of the medical team (male nurse) inside one of the prison cells which he was
carrying out his duty of distributing medicines to those needing them from among the inmates.
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7- Those responsible at the Center briefed the delegation of the NIHR about security reports and
photographs including a description of the destruction inside the mentioned buildings caused by
the inmates, and also included a number of injured policemen and auxiliary forces numbering
twenty two (22) policemen, and one hundred and one (101) members of the Special Forces, and eight
(8) members of the supporting forces, and one hundred and three (103) inmates, explaining that in
view of the magnitude of destruction inside the buildings they have become unsuited for residence,
which has compelled the administration of the Center to bring out all the inmates and place them in
outdoor spaces inside equipped tents until maintenance works are completed, according to them.
8- The delegation of the NIHR requested to know about the type of weaponry and arms used during
the intervention of the policeman and the auxiliary forces in dealing with the incident, where it
was stated that the weapons used were teargas and the spraying of pepper only. The delegation of
the NIHR requested the Center administration to provide it with statements of the names of all the
inmates in the buildings where unruly conduct took place, and upon reviewing those statements
fifty five (55) inmates were randomly chosen for meetings in order to hear their statements.
9- The delegation of the NIHR met the inmates individually, where they concurred that the situation
prior to 10 March 2015 -the day of the incidents- was normal, and that the reasons of the chaos
and riots were due to information reaching the inmates that women and children were attacked
by policeman in the building allocated for visits, whereupon a group of inmates began to protest
through striking the gates of wards and closing them by using fire hoses, while other were able to
ascend to the roof of the “wards” and hurl furniture from them at members of the police.
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