A/HRC/42/CRP.1 (b) Arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances 374. In the cases investigated by the Group the victims were not informed of the nature and reasons for their arrest by the de facto authorities, except those who were eventually charged (see below the cases of the 10 journalists, the 36 detainees and individuals of Baha’i faith). Victims were arrested without warrants. The use of physical violence during arrest was also reported. In the sample of cases investigated by the Group of Experts, which it considers emblematic of the broader situation, the lack of judicial oversight was endemic. Detainees often remained in custody for years without being presented to a prosecutor or having a hearing before a judicial authority, and without access to any form of legal assistance. Some detainees were only informed of charges against them when they were eventually presented to the prosecutor, which occurred only in very limited cases. In one case, a long list of “charges” was publicly read out for 45 minutes by the authorities in the 91