particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited.” The depositions made on oath by the Applicants contain consistent allegations of acts of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment meted on them by the officers of the PIU unit, to wit agents of the Respondent. The 1st Applicant deposed that he was slapped by an officer. He alongside the 4th and 5th Applicants were assaulted which resulted in profuse bleeding. That they were made to seat on the bare floor for forty-five (45) minutes and were not given medical attention. However, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) came and told them that they would be taken to the clinic. The 1st Applicant further averred that he sustained a wound on his head which was so deep that it was sutured. He also alleged that they were kept in solitary confinement. The 3rd Applicant alleged being assaulted by the PIU officers who hit him with their batons and kicked him with their boots on his left hip where he once had a fracture. That he was forcefully thrown into the truck. He however affirmed that those who were injured were given medical attention the next day. He also stated that they were taken to mile 2 prison where photographs of them were taken. While some were escorted to solitary confinement without access to a lawyer. That the cell he was taken to was two (2) meters wide with a small door, with no matrass and full of cockroaches, rats, and mosquitoes. That he stayed there for three (3) days after which he was moved to a different cell. The 4th Applicant affirmed that he was hit on the back twice by a PIU officer and on turning to see who it was, alas, he was hit on his face (forehead) and his chest. That he had eight (8) stitches on the wound on his forehead. That they were taken to the PIU camp where they were detained before being transferred to Mile 2 prison. The 15th Applicant who was a passerby at the time of the protest was also arrested, dragged and slapped by the PIU officers. She alleged that they kept on beating her from the time she was arrested to the time they arrived the PIU camp. That on reaching the camp, the officers pushed her off the 19