E/CN.4/1989/15 page 26 Islamic Republic of Iran 124. A message was sent on 15 November 1988 concerning Fereidoun Faroughi allegedly arrested at the end of September 1988 in Saghez, in the north-western part of the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he was reportedly held in prison. He had not been given the right to legal representation, he might have been subjected to torture and could be at risk of execution. In addition, it was reported that Hamzeh Mahjoub was arrested in 1981 and Massoud Alia'I Khastou in 1982 and that they were being held in Roodsar and Evin Prisons, respectively, in Tehran. It was alleged that they had been subjected to torture and prolonged periods of solitary confinement during their imprisonment. Israel 125. A message was s e n t on 2 June 1988 concerning Ihab Ahmed Kura'an who was a l l e g e d l y stopped on 2 May 1988 by an I s r a e l i Defence Force (IDF) p a t r o l o u t s i d e Al-Bireh i n t h e West Bank. Afterwards he was taken t o the i n t e n s i v e c a r e u n i t a t Ramallah h o s p i t a l and t r a n s f e r r e d t o Hadassah h o s p i t a l for f u r t h e r t r e a t m e n t . On 18 May 1988, an IDF p a t r o l e n t e r e d the West Bank v i l l a g e of Arura and i t was a l l e g e d t h a t they b e a t Anwar Shehadah and h i s son Ahab, who l o s t c o n s c i o u s n e s s a f t e r b e i n g h i t on the head and burned with c i g a r e t t e s . Three o t h e r s (Hassan Abed Al Rahman, Mohammad Awad and Mohammad Zaid) were a l l e g e d l y a l s o s u b j e c t e d t o t o r t u r e . Liberia 126. A message was sent on 2 June 1988 concerning Gabriel William Kpolleh, Harold Ndama, Cephar A. Mbandi, Joe Robert Kaipaye, Moses Dennis and 15 other persons arrested on 15 March 1988. They were allegedly brought to Monrovia Central Prison and were then transferred to a military base at the Barclay training centre. Joe Robert Kaipaye reportedly died while in custody as a result of torture. The rest were said to be still in detention and had reportedly been subjected to ill-treatment. 127. Another message was sent on 5 October 1988 concerning Nathaniel Nimley Choloply who was allegedly arrested and detained without charge or trial on about 22 December 1987 on his return to Liberia from studying in the United States of America. Mauritania 128. A message was sent on 19 September 1988 concerning Memed Ould Ahmed, Tourad Ould Sidi, Martre Mohandy Ould Babah, Mohamed Yehdih Ould Breidelleyl, Yahya Ould Ely, Moctar Ould Salek, Capt. Mohamed Mabmoud Ould Hadj, Capt. Ould Waguev, Mohamed Said Ould Hossein, Abdallah Ould Mohamed, Qnar Ould El Mamy and Saleck Ould Brahim, who were allegedly subjected to torture and ill-treatment at the army barracks in Nouakchott and J'Reida. Panama 129. A message was s e n t on 8 A p r i l 1988 concerning C a r l o s E r n e s t o Gonzalez de l a L a s t r a a r r e s t e d on 28 March 1988 in Panama City when t r y i n g t o seek the r e l e a s e of t r a d e - u n i o n l e a d e r s , a r r e s t e d e a r l i e r during a p o l i c e r a i d a t the M a r i o t t H o t e l . According t o a n o t h e r union member, a r r e s t e d a t t h a t t i m e ,