357 / 494
356
10.253.
There was evidence before us that women and children were kept
apart from young men after the security forces entered a sector.
Maj. Cheverria’s evidence was that -
“There was no policy to separate young men from women
and children before the operation started. It did not happen
during the operation. It was not part of the policy that
young men were told to lie on the ground. It did not
happen. I saw no persons who were made to lie face down
in mud.”
(iv)
Capt. Anderson
10.254.
Under cross-examination by Mr. Michael Williams, Capt. Anderson
said that he had no recollection of persons being made to kneel on gravel or lay
in water. The method used for detentions was –
“to take people from several apartments and put them in
one place. Men and women were separated and, mostly
men were taken away to be processed by the JCF.”
(v)
Lt. Col. Cummings
10.255.
Lt. Col. Cummings testified that a vehicle checkpoint reported
several JUTC buses “with lots of men wearing jeans and white Tee shirts”. He
said –
“I removed them and handed them over to the JCF. They
would have been searched before handover. No guns were
recovered.”
Evidence of Mr. Witter, Bishop Blair, and Dr. Salmon
10.256.
The visit to Tivoli Gardens on 25 May enabled Messrs. Witter, Blair
and Salmon to see and assess the detention facility at Seprod. Mr. Witter
described it as “an old zinc-roofed warehouse”. He saw some detainees being
processed and others “in an open area cordoned off by razor wire”. The team
received complaints from detainees and relayed them to the security forces. The