E/CN.4/2001/66 page 98 Ethiopia 485. By letter dated 5 October 2000, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information on the following individual cases. 486. Jirma Tadhi was reportedly detained in Boku Luboma military camp from May to November 1996, from 2 July 1998 to 6 December 1998 and from June 1999. It is reported that he was subjected to beating, being threatened with execution and genital beating. 487. Galma Jarso was reportedly detained at the Boku Luboma military camp from August 1992 to January 1993 and again from April 1995 to October 1996. He was allegedly beaten, particularly on his genitals, and subjected to mock executions. He was subsequently detained again on 24 September 1997 first at Boku Luboma and then at the Moyle military camp until December 1999. During his detention he was allegedly subjected to similar treatment and his family were threatened and beaten. 488. Fu’ad Abbafogi Abbajobir, a former journalist and worker for the Oromia Development Association, from Jimma, was reportedly detained in May 1999. On 27 or 28 May, Fu’ad Abbajobir, his aunt and brother were arrested by soldiers at their home and taken to Jimma military camp. Once there they were interrogated and accused of receiving information from Saudi Arabia to pass onto the Oromia Liberation Front. He was allegedly slapped on the face with the butt of a gun, the end of which was then put up his nose to coerce him into providing information. During his month in detention he was kept in a dirty cell and for the first 13 days was only allowed to go to the toilet on two occasions. It is alleged that his brother and aunt were moved from the Jimma military camp in February 2000 and have since disappeared. 489. Ahmed Hassan Mohamud, a Slihiya clergyman, was allegedly arrested in Dhagxbuur in mid 1998 and detained in Qabredahar. He was reportedly transferred to an underground cell in East Harage, near Dire Dawa, where he was allegedly tortured and lost both of his testicles as a result. Fellow detainees, Bashir Muse Adan, an Ogadeni of Auliham descent, Bina Ja’far, a Habar Gedir, and Abdi Noor Farah, an Ogadeni of Bah Geri origin, reportedly died in detention following torture. Two are alleged to have died following complications from testicular torture and one from head injuries. Their bodies are said to have been left in their communal cells for 17 days. 490. By letter dated 8 November 2000, the Special Rapporteur reminded the Government of a number of cases transmitted in 1997 and 1999 regarding which no reply had been received. Urgent appeals and replies received 491. On 20 January 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Tamrat Layne, former Prime Minister, and his co-accused Shadia Nadim Kassim (f), who were said to have been detained since October 1996 in the Central Prison in Addis Ababa on charges of corruption and embezzlement. They have allegedly been confined to dark cells and forced to stand up for extended periods of time and beaten several times during their detention.