"miniscule" bathroom that does not work, with strong odors and windows with broken glass and bars); she was denied food and medicine for two days; she is not provided with basic nutritious food; and she does not have access to sunlight, among other things. They highlighted that Ms. Afiuni’s situation is one of increasing isolation, as she does not have "access to the prison authorities" or the chance to interact with guard personnel or the rest of the prison population. With regard to access to visitation, they indicated that doctors, priests, and representatives of international organizations cannot enter her cell. They also stated that neither are all of the attorneys who she has informed the authorities form her legal defense team permitted to enter, and that the State has not given any explanation for this. They additionally reported that, in contrast to the other inmates of the INOF, a registry is kept of all the individuals who visit Ms. Afiuni; q) In the last two months, Ms. Afiuni has been subjected to new restrictions in her status as an accused individual based on the regulations governing the Penitentiary System. According to these restrictions, any activity that she does must be approved by the Conduct Committee, "from cutting her hair to requesting a painkiller." They allege that almost none of her requests have received a response; r) A number of international bodies have commented on Judge Afiuni’s situation including the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the European Parliament, the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges, the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders - and requested information from the State on her situation. That request has not been answered; s) In their final communications with the Commission, dated November 5 and 23, 2010, the petitioners reiterated the aforementioned and added, inter alia, that:  As context, “three INOF inmates have died in that penitentiary in recent months due to lack of prompt medical attention;”  Access to attorneys has been limited in a discriminatory manner;  “In September of 2010, a member of the World Organization against Torture, from Geneva, tried to visit the judge to learn about the status of her detention, but the visit was denied;"  “Judge Afiuni’s daughter has been subjected to humiliation at the hands of prison officials;"  On November 8, 2010, Judge Afiuni file a complaint against the director of the INOF for abuses against those detained or sentenced and for failure to provide help;  After November 14, 2010, when Ms. Afiuni gave statements to a national media outlet, there were new threats against her personal safety in the prison. Regarding this, her attorney has stated that certain inmates have said to the judge that "her private parts were to be searched every half an hour […] and they shouted at her […] that they would turn the entire prison population against her;"  On November 22, 2010, when the judge was transferred to the Padre Machado Hospital, “under the national standards for oncological diagnosis and treatment, [she suffered] abuses and violations of the confidential doctor-patient relationship [by INOF guards and National Guard officials], upon their being present during the examinations and preventing the examinations from being completed;”  The judge's attorneys are still waiting for access to the case file;

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