A/HRC/13/42* page 163 2. From 16 May 2003 until present. Duration of secret detention 1. During the first period of detention: the entire period, approximately one year. 2. During the second period of detention: approximately 4 months (16 May 2003 to 16 September 2003). Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit First Period of Detention 1. Initially detained at Lahore, in a police station. 2. Transferred to a detention centre in Islamabad, and transported on four occasions to a villa run by US officials, Islamabad. 3. Transferred on a private airplane and handed into the custody of Moroccan officials. 4. Detained in a facility run by the Moroccan secret service agency, the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire, in Témara, Morocco. Second Period of Detention 1. Detained in Melilla, and again held at Témara detention facility, this time for four months. 2. Transferred to a prison in Sale, Morocco. Conditions and treatment First Period of Detention At Lahore police station: his repeated requests to contact the Italian embassy were denied, and he was accused of being a terrorist, and was ill-treated. At the Crime Investigation Department, Lahore: he was chained and beaten. At the villa, interrogations by FBI agents: FBI agents, with Pakistani agents present, threatened to torture and kill him, if he did not give information. Transfer by plane to Morocco: US officials forcibly transferred him onto a private airplane. During the flight, he was chained on his back to the floor of the airplane, his head was covered with a hood, and he was dressed in a diaper. Tape was put over his mouth when he tried to ask to use the bathroom. Before landing, the chains were removed and plastic handcuffs were used to bind his hands, and he was blindfolded. At the Témara facility: he was regularly interrogated about his life in Italy, and he was beaten and received threats of sexual torture, including sodomy and castration, and threats concerning his family. He was subsequently released without charge or explanation in front of his mother’s house. Second Period of Detention At the Témara facility: he was shackled at all times except for 15 minutes each day, and was not permitted to have a Koran. He was interrogated while his arms and legs were tied to a bunk bed, and he was severely beaten. He heard other persons screaming from their interrogations. As a result of this torture and coercion, he signed a confession to involvement in terrorist activities. Judicial proceedings 1. During the first period of detention, he was released without charge, and without being brought before judicial proceedings. 2. During the second period of detention, he was transferred from the Témara facility to a prison in Sale, and was then tried on charges relating to participation in subversive association and taking part in unauthorised meetings. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, reduced to 9 years on appeal.