E/CN.4/2000/9 page 79 immature cataract and high pressure in the fundus of his eye. The Government replied that he had received appropriate medical treatment which had improved his health. 380. On 26 July 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal in conjunction with the Chairman-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Atif Ali Farghaly who had reportedly been detained since 15 March 1993 under an administrative order, allegedly for being a member of AlGamaa Al-Islmeya, a reported Islamic militant group. He had never been formally charged or sentenced. He was reportedly held in Abu Zaabal (Shadid El-Heras) prison, in Qalioubeya district. A medical report from the Cairo University Hospital dated 6 July 1999 reportedly concluded that he had contracted tuberculosis. He is reported to be very weak and exhausted, and to have been denied medical treatment. 381. On 5 August 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Magdi Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar, an Egyptian national who was a legal resident working in Saudi Arabia since 1991. He was reportedly originally charged in the "Returnees from Albania" trial, but he was acquitted of all charges in absentia in April 1999. Saudi Arabian authorities forcibly returned him to Egypt on 30 July 1999. He was reportedly arrested due to the fact that his brother, Ahmad Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar, is allegedly a member of the armed Islamist group al-Jihad (Holy Struggle). He is allegedly being held in incommunicado detention at the State Security Investigation Department (SSI) headquarters in Lazoghly Square, in Cairo. 382. On 11 August 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Talaat Mohammed Ibrahim, who had reportedly been detained on 7 January 1994 and since that time had been held in several prisons before being transferred to Damanhour, where he was currently held in detention. As a result of spinal pains, he reportedly cannot move. He was also reported to be unable to speak, his breathing was short and shallow and he was extremely weak. In spite of his condition, the prison administration has allegedly refused to admit him to a hospital or provide necessary medication or treatment. 383. On 5 November 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Abdel Hakeem Marwan Sedeek, Ahmad Abdel Rahman Abdel Raheem and Saad Mohammed Hasab El Nabi. Abdel Hakeem Marwan Sedeek, who was reportedly jailed on 31 November and is currently being held at Damanhour prison, reportedly suffers from tuberculosis, severe asthma and stenosis. The prison administration has reportedly denied him access to external medical care. Ahmad Abdel Rahman Abdel Raheem, who was reportedly jailed on 14 January 1995 and is currently held in Wadi El Natroun 1 Prison, reportedly suffers from heart, kidney and rheumatoid problems. Saad Mohammed Hasab El Nabi, who was reportedly jailed on 21 March 1995 and is currently held in Wadi El Natroun 1 Prison, has disk prolapse which causes him severe pain. Follow-up to previously transmitted communications 384. The Government replied on 6 April 1999 to cases transmitted by the Special Rapporteur on 5 November 1998 (see E/CN.4/1999/61) and 28 April 1997 (see E/CN.4/1998/38/Add.1). 385. Concerning prison conditions (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 191), the Government replied that it was unable to provide the Special Rapporteur with