E/CN.4/2000/9 page 124 Al-Abda Qasim Malkani from Qasir, was reportedly detained on 5 September 1998 and is said to be suffering from nervous breakdown while in the detention centre; Farid Haris Karam, from Qala', was reportedly detained on 28 January 1999 and is said to be suffering from gastritis; Abdullah Muhammed Obeid from Umm Tut, was reportedly detained on 22 April 1999 and is said to be suffering from a slipped disc and to be unable to walk; Hussein Awadha from Khiyam, was reportedly detained on 30 June 1999 and is said to be suffering from a heart disease and to have difficulties walking; Khalil Ibrahim Yunis from Shabhin, was reportedly detained on 15 March 1999 and is said to be suffering from stomach pains and a slipped disc; Hussein Salih Abu Sa'ad from Shuba, was reportedly detained on 18 June 1999 and is said to be suffering from curvature of the spine; Kamal Wahba Munthir from Saqi, is said to be suffering from heart attacks and stomach pains; Mustafa Tuba from Arnun, was reportedly detained on 3 October 1997 and is said to be suffering from heart palpitations; and Hassan Mohammed Souayed from Al-Kseir, and his wife, Al-Abdeh Kassem Malkani were reportedly arrested on 23 September 1998 and are said to be respectively suffering from high blood pressure and dyspnoea, and chronic abdominal pain and rheumatoid arthritis. 635. The Special Rapporteur has also received information on several Lebanese nationals who have reportedly been captured in Lebanon by the Israeli Defence Force or the South Lebanon Army. Most of them are said to have been transferred to Israeli prisons and they are reportedly currently being held as hostages in order to be exchanged against Israeli prisoners of war. According to the information received, they are being held without having been charged or beyond the expiry of their sentences. In July 1996, it is reported that 18 were transferred to Ayalon Prison in Ramleh. The Special Rapporteur has recently received information on alleged acts of torture following the arrest of the individuals mentioned below. 636. Bilal 'Abd al-Husayn Dakrub was reportedly arrested on 16 February 1986 in a cave where he was hiding near the village of Tibnin, in the south of Lebanon, by members of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). He was allegedly interrogated by an IDF officer at Bra'shit camp and beaten and kicked by SLA soldiers. He then reportedly spent 10 days in Centre 17 Camp, near Bint Jebeil, which is said to be run by the SLA and Israeli security services. There, he was allegedly administered electric shocks by the SLA security service in the presence of Israelis, who are said to have given the orders. He was then reportedly transferred to a detention centre in Sarafand, Israel, where he allegedly spent three months under interrogation in solitary confinement. He was allegedly denied sleep for long periods and made to stand for nights. He was eventually transferred to Kishon Prison. He was reportedly tried by the Military Court in Lod for membership of an illegal organization and sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment. His sentence expired on 16 August 1988, but he is said to be still detained. 637. 'Ali husayn 'Ali 'Ammar, Ahmad Mushen Muhammad 'Ammar, Kamal Muhammad Rizq and Hasan Sadr al-Din Hijazi were reportedly arrested in Mays al-Jabal on 1 September 1986. Kamal Rizq and Hasan Hijazi were only 16 years old at the time of their arrest. All four were reportedly taken to Khiam Detention Centre and transferred after five months to Sarafand Detention Centre. They were allegedly all tortured in both places. Hasan Hijazi had a broken leg in a plaster when he was arrested and was allegedly forced to stand for hours and was beaten on his broken leg during his detention at Khiam. For the first six week of his detention, he was held in solitary confinement, handcuffed and hooded all the