E/CN.4/1994/31 page 108 512. Dr. Yahia Mukwar, a member of the democratic Unionist Party and Abdel-Rahim al-Hussein, a businessman and member of the Democratic Unionist Party, were reported to have been arrested in Khartoum. Abdelrahman al-Khair Abdelwahab, a farmer and Mamoun Yousif, a member of the Ansar religious order and resident representative of the Ansar Imam, were reportedly arrested in Kassala, in eastern Sudan. Abdel Ghani Mohamed Omar al-Amir, a member of the Umma Party, was arrested in Ad-Damer, a town approximately 170 miles north of Khartoum. All these arrests reportedly also took place in April or May 1993. 513. In addition, the Special Rapporteur received information concerning the arrests in Khartoum in late April or early May 1993 of the following persons believed to have been involved in a plot to overthrow the Government: Major-General al-Fatih Mohamed Abdel A’al, retired army officer; Colonel Mustafa Ahmad al-Tai, retired army officer; Colonel Mohamed Hassan Osman al-Zubeir, retired army officer; Lieutenant al-Tayib Nuor al-Daim Mohamed, retired army officer; Haidar al-Tigani, retired army officer; Gaafar Yassin Ahmad, pharmacist; Osman Mohamed Ali Gumma; al-Tiraifi al-Tahir Fadur; Yasir Abu Zeid Ahmad; al-Hassan Ahmad Salih Mohamed; Mubarek Mohamed Abdalla Gadeen; Fadlalla Burma Nasir, former Minister and member of the Umma Party; Mirghani ’Abd al-Rahman Suleiman, member of the Democratic Unionist Party; Osman Mustapha Mahjoub. Eight of them, including Colonel Mustapha Ahmad al-Tai and Osman Mustapha Mahjoub, were shown on Sudanese television on 26 April 1993. They were shackled and were reported to have bruises, suggesting that they had been beaten. (26 May 1993) 514. The following members of the banned Umma Party and of the Fur ethnic group were reportedly arrested in the western region of Darfur in late April 1993: Mohamed Atim Mohamed Salam, former member of parliament; Yusif Mohamed Sharaf al-Din, director of an agricultural project; Nasr al-Din Tambur, teacher; Yacoub Khamis, former member of parliament; Omer Haroun, former minister in regional government; Fiqi Salih Ibrahim, head of Darfur State religious department; Mohamed Sowar Adam; and al-Zubeir Mohamed Khamis: They were alleged to have been beaten by security officers, and Nasr al-Din Tambur to be seriously ill as a result of ill-treatment. They were reportedly held incommunicado, possibly in Zalingei in Southern Darfur or in al-Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur. (14 June 1993) 515. Yousif Hussein, Abdel Karim Abdel Jaliel and Nadir Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, members of the banned Sudan Communist Party, were reportedly arrested on 11 June 1993 in Khartoum North and taken to an unknown place of detention. (25 June 1993) 516. The following members of the banned Umma Party were reportedly arrested on 16 June 1993 in El Fashir, Darfur region, allegedly on suspicion of plotting against the regional governor, and taken to an unknown place of detention: Ibrahim Mohammed Abbo, former member of Parliament for Darfur region; Abdalla Ali Masar, former regional minister for Darfur region; Dr. Abdel Latif Abdel Rahim, physician; Dr. Adam Mohammed Ahmed, former deputy governor of Darfur region; Abdel Rahman Ishaq, Umma Party representative in Nyala, Darfur region; Atim Mohammed Salama, local government official; Adam Ibrahim Khalil, Ministry of Agriculture official in Darfur region; Abdel Rahman Yousif, assistant medical officer. (5 July 1993)