E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 13 49. Hussain Qambur, aged 18 from Madinat Issa, was reportedly arrested in late December 1994. He was interrogated by the SIS and died in jail on 4 January 1995. The next day his family were summoned to witness his burial in secret, whereupon signs of torture were observed on his body. The Government replied that no record of the arrest or death of Hussain Qambur existed. 50. Shaikh Husain Al Akraf was reportedly arrested on 12 January 1995 in Duraz village and allegedly tortured, including by being suspended from his feet upside down for 15 hours. He was subsequently released, but was unable to walk or stand. The Government replied that there was no record that Sheikh Husain Al Akraf had been in police custody. 51. Ali al-Taitoon, detained at Al-Qala’a prison in Manama, was reportedly brought before another detainee, Shaikh Ali Salman, on 5 December 1994, and tortured until he confessed to his participation with Shaikh Salman in illegal political activities. Abdul Ghani Jaafer Al-Mesbah was similarly taken before Shaikh Salman to confess, after having been forced to stand upright and deprived of sleep for seven days. Upon refusing to make a confession, he was allegedly beaten severely, including by a whipping with a plastic tube. The Government replied that there was no evidence that either person had been mistreated and both had received regular medical attention for minor ailments. Urgent appeals sent and replies received 52. On 10 April 1995 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on behalf of Shaikh Khalil Sultan and Shaikh Hassan Sultan, who had been arrested and whose whereabouts were unknown. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur in a communication dated 1 May 1995 that both men were arrested on 1 April 1995 on various charges connected with violent political activity. Their conditions of remand were humane and routine medical examinations did not reveal mistreatment. 53. The Special Rapporteur made an urgent appeal on 4 May 1995 on behalf of Shaikh ’Abd al-Amir Mansur al-Jamri, a prominent Shi’a Muslim religious scholar, who was reportedly detained from his home in Bani Jamra by security forces on 15 April 1995 and held at an undisclosed location. He and 18 other members of his family had initially been kept under house arrest from 1 April to 15 April 1995. In a subsequent appeal dated 12 May 1995 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that new information received indicated that Shaikh al-Jamri was suffering from heart disease and was in a deteriorating state of health. Fears were expressed that he was not receiving adequate medical attention. In addition, ’Afaf ’Abd al-Amir al-Jamri, the daughter of Shaikh al-Jamri, was allegedly beaten by police officers when she went to visit her father at al-Qal Prison in al-Manama on 9 May. She herself was then reportedly taken into custody and her subsequent whereabouts were unknown. 54. On 10 July 1995 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on behalf of the following persons, who were reportedly arrested by members of the security police and riot police: Muhammad Ja’far al-Ma’raj, (arrested 29 June 1995 in al-Qur’ya); ’Ali Yusif Hassan and ’Ali Fallah ’Abdullah, (arrested 30 June in al-Qur’ya); ’Abd al-’Ali Jassim, (arrested 2 July in Jidd