Migrants apprehended inside the port area who had tried to hide on a truck or a ferry departing for Italy consistently spoke of ill-treatment and beatings by Patras port police officers. Human Rights Watch interviewed two adult Afghan migrants who suffered injuries after having allegedly been beaten by the port police the same day. Both persons had visible wounds and required medical treatment.92 Children are not spared from such ill-treatment. Habib T., a 13-year-old Afghan who was caught hiding in a truck in spring 2008, reported: The police took me from inside the truck. Three police officers took my fingerprints. They beat me…. they beat me on my arms and my back. They beat me four times – there’s no traces left now. My back shoulder still hurts. At night when I am sleeping it starts hurting.93 Fourteen-year-old Daoud A. from Afghanistan was caught inside the port fence: They were two policemen. They handcuffed me, put me into the (vehicle) trunk, closed it and brought me to the port police building…. They put on gloves and searched me. They took everything from me except for my clothes and put me inside a room with other persons and closed the door…. I was arrested with another underage boy. We were both thrown into the trunk.94 Human Rights Watch researchers received testimony that a port police officer known to migrants in Patras by the nickname ‘Jabar’ subjected one child to a mock execution, with the participation of other officials. Human Rights Watch also documented another case of serious ill-treatment that appears to have been carried out by the same officer. The two testimonies were recorded on different days, in different locations, and with the assistance of different interpreters. Both children gave similar physical descriptions of their main assailant. 92 Human Rights Watch interview with Rahman G., Patras, June 7, 2008, and Nabi D., Patras, June 8, 2008. Human Rights Watch has pictures of their injuries on file. 93 Human Rights Watch interview with Habib T., Patras, June 8, 2008. 94 Human Rights Watch interview with Daoud A., Patras, June 7, 2008. 33 Human Rights Watch December 2008