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the CPT trusts that the instruction of 4 June 2008 of the Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation
will be rigorously applied and that allegations of ill-treatment will be investigated promptly,
thoroughly and effectively (paragraph 14).
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requests for information
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the outcome of the criminal and disciplinary investigations into the allegations of illtreatment made by a person detained in September 2008 at Omonia Square Police Station
(paragraph 12);
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the views of the Greek authorities on the proposal to establish a specialised custodial service
for persons detained by law enforcement agencies (paragraph 18).
Fundamental safeguards against ill-treatment
recommendations
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immediate steps to be taken to ensure that all persons deprived of their liberty by law
enforcement officials have an effective right to notify a close relative or third party of their
choice of their situation, and to have access to a lawyer, and are informed about these rights in
an appropriate language, as from the very outset of their deprivation of liberty (paragraph 20);
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immediate steps to be taken to ensure that individualised custody records are kept at the
location where the persons concerned are detained (paragraph 22);
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the existing arrangements concerning access to a doctor and the provision of health care for
persons held by law enforcement agencies to be reviewed, in the light of the remarks in
paragraph 23 (paragraph 23).
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the Greek authorities are invited to reconsider the policy of systematically confiscating the
mobile phones of detained irregular migrants (paragraph 21).
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