5. The Complainant claims that two days later, on 10 June 2014, he had travelled with two colleagues to visit Mr El-Sheikh in prison, and that on his way to the prison, he was approached by four plain clothes security personnel from the NISS, one of whom ordered him to follow them to the al-Nuhood police station close to alNuhood prison. He claims that he was targeted by the security personnel because of his coverage of Mr El-Sheikh's speech, and referred to a statement to this effect, made by Ashraf Abd al-Aziz, Al Gareeda's editorial director. 6. He submits that at the police station, he was asked to identify himself, after which he was interrogated about his presence in al-Nuhood as well as on his personal background. He claimed that he had informed them that he was in al-Nuhood to cover the SCP symposium, and that when asked what his religion was, he had replied that he was "Sudanese", in reaction to which the four security personnel proceeded to beat him and kick him for this response. He alleges that the beatings caused him to fall over and hit his head on a metal bench, following which he then lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the compound of the police station, where the security personnel later resumed his interrogation, and during which one of them ordered him to quit the journalism profession. 7. Following the above, he was transferred to al-Nuhood prison, where a prison guard informed him that he was being detained under the Emergency Law, which meant that he was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the State. He explained that under the Emergency and Public Safety Bye-law (1998) (Emergency Law), the Governor of the State holds the discretionary power to arrest individuals suspected of involvement in crimes relating to the declaration of emergency made by the President. Also, he states that while the Emergency and Public Safety Byelaw (1998) stipulates that an arrest pursuant to this power is made provisionally, the law does not set any time limits for the detention or provide for judicial oversight. As a result, he claims that he did not know for how long he might be detained. 8. The Complainant submits that he was then detained in an overcrowded cell with poor ventilation which was holding twice its capacity of inmates, and that the sanitary conditions at the prison were very poor, as there were no toilet or washroom facilities in the cell, there was a constant foul smell due to human waste, and there were no beds to sleep on, causing him to sleep on the cold floor which worsened his injuries sustained from the beating of 10 June 2014. 9. He alleges that for the first week of his detention, he was denied medical attention despite his repeated requests to see a doctor, and his deterio claims that he often complained about the pain he suffered as a of 10 June 2014; his left leg was swollen; he had migraines ~~ ......__ __, ··F?,c Nf. o'<- & i- I