E/CN.4/2001/66 page 32 118. Hussain Karim, from Madeenat Hamad, was reportedly arrested on 6 December 1999 by SIS officers who had ransacked his house. They are said to have beaten him severely inter alia with hose pipes, and to have threatened his wife and children. Hussain Karim was reportedly released two days later. 119. Haj Isa Mohammed, Haj Baqir Mohammed and Seyed Juma Majid, from Karzakan, were reportedly summoned to the Al Qalá police station in Manama on 1 December 1999. On 3 December, they were again summoned to the police station, along with all their male family members. There they were reportedly beaten with hose pipes and threatened. A child called Seyed Shubir Seyed Maki was also said to have been subjected to ill-treatment. They were allegedly released several days later. 120. Hussein Ahmed Isa Abdullah Al-Sayeg, from Abu Saiba, was reportedly arrested by the police on 15 March 1995. Officers from Al-Khamis police station are said to have broken into his house, to have beaten his sister-in-law and to have destroyed the contents of the house. They reportedly questioned him about his brother Isa Ahmed Isa, who was not at home, and tied him to his brothers Muhammad, Ali and Hameed with plastic strings. They were allegedly taken to a car, where they were severely beaten. The officers reportedly took them to the house of Haj Darweesh Ahmed Salman and broke into it. They reportedly beat his son Ali. Hussein Ahmed Isa Abdullah Al-Sayeg and his brothers were subsequently taken to the Al-Khamis police station. They were allegedly severely beaten on their way from the car. Hussein Ahmed Isa Abdullah Al-Sayeg and his brother Hameed were subsequently released. His brother Muhammed Ali was reportedly kept in detention for six months without trial. On 5 August 1995, police officers were said to have gone to his brother Abdul Wahab’s house, to have threatened his family and to have told his brother that if Hussein Ahmed Isa Abdullah Al-Sayeg did not surrender to the Al-Khamis police station, they would arrest them all. Hussein Ahmed Isa Abdullah Al-Sayeg reportedly went with his brothers to the police station, where he was arrested. He was allegedly blindfolded, severely beaten and then taken to a car. He was reportedly subsequently taken to Al-Qala’a prison, where he was forced to stand and listen to his friend Ali Jaafer Abdul Hussein being tortured. He was subsequently severely beaten on different parts of his body. He is then believed to have confessed. 121. Abdullah Naser Mohammed Abdullah Al-Tooq, a Shia activist from Sitra, was reportedly arrested on 18 February 1996. Security forces allegedly handcuffed and blindfolded him and dragged him to a police car. When his brother protested, an officer reportedly ordered to have him arrested. His brother allegedly ran away and was shot at by the officers. In the car, Abdullah Naser Mohammed Abdullah Al-Tooq was reportedly beaten on the head by two police officers in the back of the car. He was reportedly taken to the Ministry of the Interior, where he was placed in a room with a number of police officers and security personnel. He was reportedly asked how he caused explosions at the Meridian and Diplomatic hotels, which he denied. He was allegedly beaten by a Yemeni police officer on both ears at the same time, and had an iron bar placed under his knees and was allegedly hung between two ladders (al-falka). Officers are said to have removed all his fingernails and nine of his toenails with a pair of pliers. He was then allegedly taken to hospital, where his toes were wrapped. He was then forced to stand for several hours. When he refused to sign a prepared confession, the officers are said to have inserted a bottle with a broken neck into his anus. He was then reportedly taken to hospital and