E/CN. 4/1989/15 page 29 144. A further message was sent on 20 September 1988 concerning Mohamed Hersi Oiriye, Ardiwahab Haji Hassan, Mohamed Mohamoud Ibrahim, Yasin Mohamed and Dirive Sugal Roble arrested on 20 August 1988 a t Muqdishu Airport on a r r i v a l . They were reportedly held incommunicado in m i l i t a r y custody and subjected t o t o r t u r e . It was alleged that they could be sentenced to death and executed. 145. F i n a l l y , a message was sent on 4 October 1988 concerning Abdi Ismail Yunis who had reportedly been held a t Labatan Jirow prison in Somalia since 1982 and subjected to t o r t u r e . South Africa 146. A message was sent on 14 October 1988 concerning Veliswa Mhlawuli, allegedly detained on 5 October 1988 in Cape Town and reportedly held incommunicado and subjected to t o r t u r e . 147. Another message was sent on 15 December 1988 concerning Misile Stemele (a f i e l d worker with the Transkei Council of Churches), Mlindele Majama (an employee of the umtata General Hospital), Twasile Mbanda Zayo (a high school teacher in Butterworth, Transkei), Mr. Dayo (a teacher a t the umtata Technical College) allegedly detained on 17 and 18 November 1988 under section 47 of the Transkei Public Security Act. They were reportedly held incommunicado without charge or t r i a l . Fear was expressed t h a t they had been subjected to torture by Transkei and South African security police during i n t e r r o g a t i o n . Syrian Arab Republic 148. A message was sent on 11 August 1988 concerning Badr El-Om Shanan, allegedly arrested in 1983 for being a member of the Communist Party P o l i t i c a l Bureau. He was said to be c r i t i c a l l y i l l as a r e s u l t of t o r t u r e ; he was taken from Halab (Aleppo) Central Prison in mid-June 1988 for interrogation and subsequently to Al-Kindi Hospital in Halab for urgent medical treatment. 149. Another message was sent on 2 December 1988 concerning Riad Al-Turk, a lawyer and f i r s t secretary of the Communist Party P o l i t i c a l Bureau, who was allegedly arrested on 28 October 1980 in Damascus by agents of Al-Amn Al-Siyassi ( p o l i t i c a l s e c u r i t y ) . i t was reported t h a t he had been subjected t o severe torture a t various stages throughout h i s detention. He had been held incommunicado since his a r r e s t and had never been charged or t r i e d . Riad Al-Turk was allegedly transferred to a h o s p i t a l in Damascus in mid-1988 and received kidney d i a l y s i s treatment. Following h i s treatment he was returned to s o l i t a r y confinement a t the m i l i t a r y interrogation branch, Damascus, under the j u r i s d i c t i o n of m i l i t a r y i n t e l l i g e n c e . Fear was expressed t h a t he had been subjected t o t o r t u r e . Turkey 150. A message was sent on 2 June 1988 concerning Aziz Celik, allegedly detained on 6 May 1988 at the Unions Building in Istanbul and taken to Istanbul Police Headquarters, First Branch. On 17 May 1988, he was transferred to Ankara closed prison, where he remains incommunicado. While undergoing interrogation he was reportedly subjected to torture.