E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 44 domicilio de la ciudad de Malabo. La detención estaría al parecer relacionada con la situación de su esposo, quien había estado detenido unos días antes y se encontraba en ese momento en la clandestinidad al ser buscado de nuevo por la policía. Se informó también que Rafael Obiang, dirigente del partido Convergencia Social Democrática y Popular, habría sido detenido sin orden judicial por el Secretario de Estado para la seguridad el 24 de mayo de 1995 en su domicilio de Malabo, por haberse encontrado en su posesión copias del periódico La Verdad. En relación con este llamamiento urgente, el Gobierno transmitió una nota al Relator Especial rechazando la eventualidad de que las dos personas mencionadas pudieran ser sometidas a tortura. Ethiopia Urgent appeals transmitted and replies received 216. On 30 January 1995 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal concerning Wolde-Yesus Mengesha, who was reportedly arrested in early January 1995 in connection with events at the funeral in Ambo of businessman Derar Kefana in September 1994. A number of persons had previously been arrested after attending the funeral, and one of the detainees, Bekelle Wolde-Michael, required medical treatment in Addis Ababa for injuries allegedly resulting from his ill-treatment in detention. 217. On 28 June 1995 the Government replied that neither Bekele Wolde-Michael nor Wolde-Yesus Menesha, detained on charges relating to disturbances at the funeral of Derara Kefana and other incidents, were ever ill-treated in detention and would not be ill-treated in the future. Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 218. On 4 October 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on behalf of Lemma Sidamo, acting Vice-Chairman of the Sidama Liberation Movement, who had been arrested on 22 September 1994. On 6 February 1995 the Government replied that he had not been imprisoned or ill-treated. 219. On 20 May 1994 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of a number of members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), who had reportedly been arrested. On 27 June 1995, the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that three detainees, Shukri Yasin, Mohammed Ali Tahir and Hassan Jirrar Kalidayis, were in custody awaiting trial. They had suffered no ill-treatment. Ill-treatment did not occur in any place of detention in the country. 220. On 26 August 1994 the Special Rapporteur sent an appeal on behalf of another group of ONLF members arrested by soldiers in May 1994 and detained in Kebri. The mayor of Godey, Mirad Leli Sigale, was among those arrested and was allegedly killed in detention. The Government replied on 29 June 1995 that a person identified as Ugaz Mirad Lilai was killed when trying to escape from detention.