A/HRC/13/42* page 169 Date of release He was released on about 10 February 2007. * Information contained is from an interview with the interviewee and other credible sources. Case 11 - Biographic details Name of interviewee Mr. Aissa Hamoudi* Nationality/country of origin Algeria and Switzerland Gender Male Date of initial detention 18 November 2007 Location of the initial detention Tripoli, Libya Grounds of initial detention Unknown. The authority(ies) involved in the detention Libyan Police and Interior Services Total period of detention Approximately 3 ½ months Duration of secret detention Approximately 3 ½ months Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit He was detained in a police station for four hours and then transferred to another police station overnight. He was transferred to the custody of the Interior Services and detained in a prison where he remained for three months. Although this prison was publically known, his detention was kept secret. He was subsequently transferred to the “Passports Prison” (which houses up to 4000 prisoners, many foreigners) of the Exterior Services for ten days. Conditions and treatment At the prison of the Interior Services he was interrogated while blindfolded on a weekly or fortnightly basis. During the last month at the Interior Services’ prison, he was left in a cell without bathroom or water. He was beaten once when he tried to undertake a hunger strike. In the “Passports Prison” he experienced terrible sanitary conditions. He witnessed the torture of other detainees but was not interrogated nor tortured himself. Judicial Proceedings He was never formally charged with any offence. Date of release End of February 2008. Additional Information The Libyan authorities never acknowledged his detention nor provided any information about him. His family repeatedly contacted Swiss and Algerian Departments of Foreign Affairs to try and locate him. His family also sent letters to President Bouteflika of Algeria asking the Government to intervene. A representative of the Consulate of Algeria in Tripoli did visit the prison to clarify the number of Algerian nationals held in the prison and when this official learned of his detention he initiated steps which may have led to his subsequent release. * Information contained is from an interview with the interviewee and other credible sources.