E/CN.4/2000/9 page 73 entire evenings. The Special Rapporteur has received a list of hundreds who were allegedly tortured during the two-week period, including the following individual cases: Romani Boctor, aged 11, was allegedly tied to a ceiling fan and then the fan was switched on; Aresl Shaiboob was allegedly detained on 17 September 1998 and subjected to torture, including being hung upside down by his feet and beaten and tied to a chair and given electric shocks to sensitive parts of his body; Abdu Mikhael Miliki was allegedly held in detention without being charged and subjected to torture in order to force him to implicate Aresl Shaiboob. The police are also reported to have threatened to rape his mother. His mother, Resmiya Guirgis, and his two sisters, Nasra and Marzouka, aged 16, were also tortured with electric shocks and were threatened with having their clothes removed. Samira Ghattas Sergious was allegedly arrested on 15 August 1998 and beaten with a bamboo rod; her husband was reportedly arrested at the same time and was allegedly subjected to electric shocks to his ears and fingers; their child (born in June 1997), Gamal Moris Shukr-allah Murqus, is said to have received a bamboo rod blow on his back, which reportedly left a visible mark. 361. The Special Rapporteur has also received reports alleging that the following seven individuals died in police custody as a result of torture: Mahmoud Fares reportedly died on 30 April 1998 as a result of torture while detained in a prison in Port Said. Gamal Mohammed Abdallah Mustafa reportedly died on 26 September 1998 as a result of torture during an investigation by police in the Cairo suburb of Ma'adi. Sa'eed Sayid Abdel Aal-Salim reportedly died on 17 April 1999 in El-Omraneya police station, Giza. Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Tammam reportedly died on 21 July 1999 in El-Omraneya police station, Giza. Hany Kamal Shawky reportedly died on 21 April 1999 in El-Azbakeya police station, Cairo. Hamdy Ahmed Mohamed Askar reportedly died on 16 February 1999 in AlMansoura General Hospital, where he had been transferred from Mansoura I police station. Amr Salim Mohamed reportedly died on 17 July 1999 in El-Khosous police station, El-Khanka, Kalyoubeya governorate. 362. The Special Rapporteur has received information on the individual cases summarized below. 363. Abdel-Hayy Mohamed Abu-Bakr was reportedly arrested at his home on 6 February 1998 on charges of counterfeiting currency. He was allegedly taken in a police vehicle to the Aswam police station, where his clothes were stripped off and he was tortured while the police questioned him on the location of the counterfeiting device. He was allegedly blindfolded and then beaten with hands, sticks and whips; hot and cold water was poured on his naked body; he was given electric shocks on his penis, anus, toes and other parts of his body; he was suspended from a door with his legs and arms tied; and the police tried to insert something into his anus. He reportedly complained to the prosecution about his arrest and treatment on 14 February 1998. The Aswan Health Department recorded that bruises on his body had been caused by "collision with a solid body" and small grazes on the right hand were the result of electric shocks, and that the wounds were about a week or 10 days old. Although local organizations reported the incident to the Public Prosecutor and the Minister of the Interior on 16 September 1998, the Chief Attorney General reportedly ordered the closure of the investigations into the allegations of torture. 364. Yousif Sayid Mahmoud was allegedly tortured at the Kalyoub police station on 7 March 1998. He had reportedly gone to the police station to report the disappearance of his wife. He, however, was reportedly arrested and a police