to the Court after the allegations that those who oppose the coup are torturing people and cutting off their fingers had been publicized in the pro-coup media. 12. The Complainants submits that during the trial, the suspected thief testified that while in detention and being tortured, the police forced him to lie and accuse the Victims of being the ones who tortured him and cut off his finger. The Complainants add that the suspected thief testified that the Victims had in fact saved him from the mob and were en route to the hospital to have him treated of his wounds when they were arrested and that his finger was cut off by the police. 13. The Complainants submit that notwithstanding the testimony of the thief, the 14. The Complainants state that the Vjctims w re then tra sferred to Wadi Natrun prison, where they were allegedly subjected to l11ore torture and unimaginable humiliation. They allege that at Wadi Natrun Brison: (i) The Victims were stripped off their cloth,..ing and then ordered to lie on the ground with their stomach while the prison Guards walked on them with their shoes; (ii) The Victims had to uards; (iii) The prison cells were ve y narrow and overcrowded, some prisoners slept while standing on their fee (iv) and others took turns in sleeping on the floor; The cells were also infested with insects and full of water during that very cold period of the year. < (v) The Victims wer refused access to writing and reading materials and were not allowed to .watch television; ,,,, (vi) Tqe- Victims were refusea visits from their family for a whole month, and when visits wer gi:anted, the Victims were subjected to verbal abuses from the prison administrators; (vii) After visits, the Victims were forced to defecate in front of prison officers to make sure that they had not hidden anything through their anus. 15. The Complainants allege further that the Victims were again summoned without their Lawyers being present and interrogated about a case called the Raba' a Resolution case ( a situation that occurred when the Victims were in prison), and 3