E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.5 page 14 60. The Government denied all allegations of ill-treatment (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 650) directed against the military in their struggle of 15 years’ standing against the Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC) which, according to the Government, had allegedly perpetrated a number of atrocities. The Senegalese armed forces, on the other hand, had always respected international humanitarian law. 61. Concerning Sally Traoré (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 651), the Government indicated that, although an investigation had been carried out, no information concerning this person had been found in the archives of the southern military zone, and that the Aniack military camp did not even exist at the time the events in question allegedly took place. 62. Concerning Anquiling Diabone (see E/CN.4/2000/9, para. 914), the Government stated that, according to army archives, he was obviously intoxicated, refused to submit to the authorities and gave trouble when police officers tried to search him; however, it refuted allegations of ill-treatment. The allegations made against his family were also said to be groundless. Spain 63. By letter dated 14 January 2000, the Government replied, enclosing relevant documentation, to the cases communicated to it by the Special Rapporteur in November 1999. 64. Garikoitz Mendioroz Lizárraga (see E/CN.4/2000/9, para. 917) was arrested in Pamplona on 12 January 1999. Assisted by a lawyer, he said that he did not wish to make a statement and would do so only before a judicial authority; he was given medical check-ups during his detention. On 14 January he was transferred to Madrid where, assisted by a lawyer of his choice, he made a statement before central court No. 1 but did not allege ill-treatment; he was released on bail the same day. Asked about his treatment during his detention he replied that it had been correct, except on the first day when he had been beaten about the head and hooded. 65. On 21 March 1998 the Civil Guard arrested Mikel Azurmendi Peñagarikano (ibid., para. 918) on suspicion of murdering the local government member of the People’s Party in Sevilla. Since he offered resistance, his arrest involved violence; the same day he was transferred to Madrid where, assisted by an officially-appointed lawyer, he made statements on two occasions. On 25 March he made a statement before the judge who ordered his imprisonment. During his detention he was given seven medical check-ups. Azurmendi Peñagarikano is assisted by four lawyers of his choice. No allegations of ill-treatment were made. 66. Nekane (M. Dolores) Txapartegui Nieves (ibid., para. 919) was arrested on 9 March 1999 in Tolosa; since she resisted arrest, force had to be used in order to handcuff her. She was transferred to Madrid on the same day. During her detention she was asked on three occasions to make a statement with the assistance of an officially-appointed lawyer. On 13 March, assisted by an officially-appointed lawyer, she made a statement before court No. 3, saying that she had “not been ill-treated”. She was examined on six occasions by the forensic surgeon whose reports indicated that he found no signs of ill-treatment or that she had been ill-treated; they did,