tioned that in May 1982 her brother will have served the whole of his sentence. She also mentioned that, on the ground of good conduct and because of his advanced studies in medicine, he was allowed to give medical treatment to his fellow prisoners, a task which he per­ formed for several years and which earned him the recognhion and esteem of the other prisoners. 1.4 With regard to her brother's more recent treat­ ment, the author alleged that, in March 1980, Mario Teti was held responsible by Major Mauro Mauriño (a member of the Prison Administration who took part in the torture sessions during the two months following his arrest in 1972) for having instigated statements made by prisoners to the Red Cross mission which visited the prisoners in the Libertad prison in February/March 1980. In consequence, measures of reprisal consisting of threats of death and physical attacks were inflicted on a group of prisoners which included Mario Teti. In August 1980, he was moved to a punishment cell where he was deprived of any kind of physical exercise and held in total isolation from the other prisoners. 1.5 Concerning the allegations of ill-treatment, the author enclosed inter alia (i) a letter dispatched by a relative of a prisoner on 2 June 1980 and (ii) the testimony of a former detainee, Charles Serralta, re­ leased in April 1980. The latter states, inter alia, in his testimony: I was arrested in July 1972 and expelled to France in April 1980. 1 spent six months in a barracks and the rest in Libertad Prison. It was there that 1 met Mario Teti. We spent several years together on the same floor. H e provided the prisoners on that floor with medical at­ tention. 1.7 The author alleged that in June 1980 her brother was forced to sign a statement in connection with new charges which were brought against him and which were to be added to the charges for which he had already been sentenced in 1978. She further aheged, in her sub­ mission dated 26 December 1980, that the new charges against her brother were revealed to the press by General Rafela (communiqué pubhshed on 28 November 1980 by the Uruguayan daily El Día). In this connection she stated: On 27 November, General Julio César Rafela, Chief of N o . 2 Regional Military Headquarters, denounced an alleged invasion plan, organized from Libertad Prison. Several charges were brought against Mario Teti in this connection which were said to justify a retrial; but no mention was made of his whereabouts nor was he allowed any con­ tact with his defence lawyer or his relatives. It is no mere chance that. Икс Mario Teti who was due to be released in May 1982, other prisoners who were nearing the end of their full sentences were also charged by the military authorities. This was the case with Professor Ratil Martinez sentenced to nine and a half years of imprisonment, who was due to be released in April 1981, and'also the psychologist Orlando Pereira, who was due to be released in August 1981 on com­ pletion of his nine-year sentence. It is no mere chance, either, that the statements in question were made only three days before the constitu­ tional referendum. The obvious purpose was to sway public opinion so as to secure a vote in support of the draft constitution submitted by the mihtary Government. The conditions at Libertad Prison, which is known to be one of the penal establishments with the most efficient security systems, totally belie the statements made by General Rafela. The author also mentioned that, at the start of the new proceedings against her brother in June 1980, her relatives were informed that another lawyer, in addition to Colonel Barbé, would act in the case. This lawyer was Dr. Amilcar Perea. 1.8 In her letter of 16 January 1981, the author also alleged that, in the period prior to his move from the Libertad prison, Mario Teti was in a very poor physical and psychological state and she beheved that this must have been due to the persecution and physical and psychological pressure to which he was subjected after the Red Cross mission left, as the medical report which the mission made at the time it interviewed him did not indicate any serious disturbance or disorder. In her let­ ter of 8 June 1981 she said that she was extremely alarmed about her brother's health—when he was transferred from the Libertad prison he weighed 80 kilograms and after his return only 60 kilograms; she feared that, if he continued to be subjected to un­ satisfactory conditions of imprisonment, his health might suffer even more to the point where his life might be in danger. In her letter of 12 September 1981, the author stated that as soon as her brother returned to Libertad, he was given an electrocardiogram, which revealed that the heart attack he had suffered in October 1980 had resulted in a blockage of the left artery. She pointed out that as her brother suffered from chronic asthma, treatment of his cardiac disease was very dif­ ficult and that, in addition, her brother was suffering from thrombophlebhis in both legs. She claimed that these facts confirmed the seriousness of her brother's situation. It was towards the end of 1979 that Major Mauriño took over the post of Prison Director. He questioned Mario several times. The Ma­ jor knew him already because he was the officer who had tortured him during the interrogations. After the Red Cross delegation left, Mario was once again ques­ tioned by Major Mauriño. The latter accused Mario of being respons­ ible for the complaints allegedly made by the prisoners to the Red Cross that he was a torturer. Until the day 1 left, Mario was constantly harassed and threatened. 1.6 The author stated that, on 26 September 1980, her brother was moved from the Libertad prison. In her letter of 16 January 1981 she complained that, after his removal from the Libertad prison, nehher his relatives nor the international agencies nor the Italian Embassy in Uruguay had managed to see him or to obtain any definite information regarding his situation and place of detention; the information obtained from the Uruguayan mihtary authorities was vague, contradic­ tory and impossible to verify. She added that, on 11 November 1980, in response to a request by the Interna­ tional Red Cross for information, the military authorities said only that he had been moved so that he could be interrogated in connection with the review of his trial and that he would be returned to the Libertad prison on 20 November 1980. He was not, however, returned to the Libertad prison until towards the end of May 1981, that is, after being kept incommunicado for eight months. At that time (27 May 1981) his wife and his father were allowed to visit him. 1.9 The author claimed that her brother was a vic­ tim of violations of articles 7, 9 (2), (3) and (4) and 14 133