E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 144 773. Necmiye Aslanog ˆlu and Nuran Tekdag ˆ, journalists with Özgür Halk; and Metin Acet, a journalist with Özgür Politika, were reportedly detained at a road-block near Batman on 3 November 1995. Necmiye Aslanog ˆlu had been detained four times previously, including in December 1993, when she was allegedly subjected to various forms of torture. The three journalists were said to be held at Batman police headquarters (9 November 1995). 774. Gevher Toprak, aged 17 (female), Emrullah Toprak, aged 14 and Fatih Toprak, aged 9, were reportedly detained from their home in Diyarbakir by members of the security forces on 10 November 1995. On 12 November, Fatih Toprak was taken back to the house, where he was said to remain with police personnel. The police also reportedly kept detained in the house Makbule Tutal, aged 70 (female), and Behiye Tutal (female) and her children Mehmet Tutal, aged 3, and Urdayal Tutal, aged 18 months. In addition, Ali Güden, a member of the HRA, was reportedly detained by police on 7 November 1995 and was being held in Mersin. He was suffering from a serious heart condition and might be in need of urgent medical treatment (14 November 1995). 775. Mina Fazelollahi and Maryambanoo Sepehri-Rahnama, both nationals of the Islamic Republic of Iran, were being held in Piram Pasha prison in Istanbul and facing possible deportation to Iran. They had both previously been imprisoned in Iran for political reasons and had allegedly suffered severe ill-treatment during their detention (20 November 1995). Other communications received from the Government 776. On 29 March 1995 the Government, responding to the observations contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur to the fifty-first session of the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/1995/34, para. 826), wherein the latter characterized its replies as "flat denials", stated that one might define the allegations themselves as "flat". The United Nations human rights machinery had been bombarded with communications containing mostly false allegations, the sole objective of which was to discredit Turkey and weaken its resolve in combating terrorism. Instead of reaching hasty conclusions about Governments, the human rights mechanisms should take effective measures so that they are not manipulated to contribute in one way or another to activities carried out by terrorist groups, thus having to share the moral burden of innocent civilians killed by such groups. The Government was committed to the prevention of torture and all necessary measures to that effect were fully in place. 777. On 16 June and 16 September 1995 the Government provided the Special Rapporteur with statistical information for 1994 and January through June 1995, pursuant to resolution 1994/34 entitled "Question of the impunity of perpetrators of violations of human rights" adopted by the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. In 1994, 1,194 complaints were filed of torture and ill-treatment and preliminary investigations were under way in 431 of these cases. The public prosecutors deemed prosecution to be unnecessary in 235 cases. The courts considered 40 cases to be outside their territorial jurisdiction and 70 to be outside their subject-matter jurisdiction. Of the 418 cases that were commenced, the court acquitted the accused in 39 cases, sentences of imprisonment and fines