Detainees say they were put in solitary confinement and beaten up

An Egyptian man is claiming he was stripped to his boxers and put in solitary confinement for four days after informing a detention officer he was served food that he said made him sick. The man told his lawyer he was forced to sleep on a concrete floor and could not contact his lawyer or relatives. In a separate incident, a Moroccan national is claiming to have been handcuffed and beaten up by an officer after complaining about living conditions at the so-called China House. He said he was then kept in a room with a mattress and a toilet for four hours. According to their lawyer, who asked to remain anonymous, the two detainees did not pose any risk to themselves or others. “I spent four days in there, sleeping on concrete. It was excruciating. The only thing I saw were the security guard’s arms reaching through the door to provide me with food. “There was a small toilet in the cell, however, I had nowhere to shower,” the Egyptian national told his lawyer. His solitary confinement allegedly follows an incident where he was handed food that is not gluten-free. “I told the security guard it was not my food and he started swearing and shouting ‘are you expecting me to bring you...