E/CN.4/1989/15 page 5 Bahrain 16. On 6 A p r i l 1988, a l e t t e r was addressed t o the Government of Bahrain t r a n s m i t t i n g information a l l e g i n g t h a t Mohammed Abdullah Darwish had been s u b j e c t e d t o t o r t u r e by a s e c u r i t y guard w h i l e i n d e t e n t i o n . At p r e s e n t he i s r e p o r t e d l y d e t a i n e d i n the Al-Manama p r i s o n t o g e t h e r with Mohammad Jawad Radhi A l - A s h e e r i , J a s s i m Ahmed Jassim Al-Mubarak, Ali Ahmad J a s s i m Mubarak, Radhi Saleh Ibrahim, Hassan Abd-Ali Hammad and Hassan A l - A s h e e r i , a l l of whom were a l l e g e d l y subjected t o t o r t u r e while in d e t e n t i o n . 17. In a l e t t e r dated 16 June 1988, the Government of Bahrain informed the S p e c i a l Rapporteur t h a t the following p e o p l e had been sentenced t o imprisonment in 1986: Mohammed Abdullah Darwish for f i v e y e a r s on 23 October, Mohammad Jawad Radhi Al-Asheeri for t h r e e y e a r s on 23 October, J a s s i m Ahmed Jassim Al-Mubarak for t h r e e y e a r s on 21 J u n e , Ali Ahmed Jassim Mubarak for 15 y e a r s on 11 October and Radhi Saleh Ibrahim for f i v e y e a r s on 20 November. According t o p r i s o n laws i n t h e S t a t e of B a h r a i n , a l l c o n v i c t e d p e r s o n s are t o be t r e a t e d w e l l and provided with medical c a r e . Concerning Radhi A l - A s h e e r i , the S p e c i a l Rapporteur was informed t h a t he was c u r r e n t l y f r e e and had not been t o r t u r e d or sentenced t o a term of imprisonment. I t was s t a t e d t h a t Hassan Abd-Ali was n o t c u r r e n t l y held in p r i s o n and had n o t been a r r e s t e d in t h e p a s t ; h i s name did not e x i s t in t h e M i n i s t r y ' s f i l e s . (The S p e c i a l Rapporteur noted t h a t t h e r e appeared t o be a c o n t r a d i c t i o n in the Government's reply.) Benin 18. On 10 June 1988, a letter was addressed to the Government of Benin transmitting information alleging that torture of political detainees had become routine. Allegedly, people are arrested by the Permanent National Commission of Inquiry into the Security of the State and systematically subjected to torture at the various detention centres, commissariats and police stations. Remy Glele Akpokpo and Bouraima Malehossou were arrested on 24 December 1987. It was reported that, as a result of being tortured, Remy Glele Akpokpo died on 18 January 1988. Bouraima Malehossou continues to be held incommunicado and is apparently in a serious condition as a result of torture. 19. On 17 August 1988, another letter was addressed to the Government of Benin, transmitting information alleging that lit.-Col. Hilaire Badjougounne Lue Behanzin, Captain Hountondji, Georges Kitihoun and Lt.-Col. Francois Konami were arrested in April 1988. They have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment during interrogation. After being held, in detention in a military camp in Cotonou, they were transferred to Sero Kperea, a military camp in Paraleon. Brazil 20. On 25 October 1988, a letter was addressed to the Government of Brazil transmitting information alleging that 16 soldiers of the military police, under the orders of a captain whose name was transmitted to the Government, invaded the peasant commune of Mutirad, at Araguatins in the State of Goias. They allegedly threatened and terrorized the peasants. The same group of soldiers invaded the "Centro dos Multatos" in Sao Sebastiao do Tocantins and attacked several women. They also attacked two nuns, Madalena Hausser and