IV. Ill-treatment in places of detention Α) European Committee for the Prevention of Torture The CPT in its 2007 Report stressed that there has been no improvement as regards the manner in which persons detained by law enforcement agencies are treated. Once again it heard a considerable number of allegations of ill-treatment of detained persons by law enforcement officials. Most of the allegations consisted of slaps, punches, kicks and blows with batons, inflicted upon arrest or during questioning by police officers (par. 11). In several cases, the delegation’s doctors found that the allegations were consistent with injuries displayed by the detained persons concerned (par. 13). In the 2009 Report, it is stated that the CPT received a considerable number of allegations of ill-treatment of persons held by law-enforcement officials under suspicion of having committed a criminal offence. The alleged ill-treatment consisted mostly of kicks, punches and blows with batons, often inflicted during questioning. In addition, a few persons claimed that they had been threatened with various objects (par. 10). By contrast, the CPT received few allegations of illtreatment of irregular migrants. The allegations that were received consisted mainly of slaps, kicks and verbal insults. These allegations often appeared to relate to situations where the migrant had not understood a staff instruction due to language barriers (par. 11). However, the CPT reached the conclusion that the information gathered during the 2008 visit indicates that apprehended persons continue to run a considerable risk of being ill-treated by law enforcement officials (par. 13). Furthermore, the CPT stressed that the rights of detainees, such as the right to inform a close relative of their situation, to have access to a lawyer or a doctor, to be informed of their rights on a language they could understand are not always respected in practice. (par. 19-20). The Greek Government in its response to the CPT does not accept the allegations concerning incidents of ill-treatment to the extent they are not corroborated by specific evidence. It refers to the orders and material concerning human rights which has been distributed, and the relevant syllabus in Police 10