Both cases remain open but are not known to be under active investigation. There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances. There was no pattern of torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. In August two off-duty policemen reportedly beat a foreign national at a bar in Pohnpei. Both officers were dismissed from the police force, and the case was referred to the Attorney General for prosecution.
Prison conditions meet minimum international standards.
Both cases remain open but are not known to be under active investigation. No local organizations concern themselves solely with human rights, and the question of prison visits by human rights monitors did not arise during the year. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile Legal procedures, for the most part patterned after U.S. law, provide for due process, which is carefully observed. The Government does not use forced exile. The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and it is independent in practice.