E/CN.4/1994/31 page 124 Mehmet Caki at the police headquarters; his face was apparently swollen, he had marks on his hands and face, and appeared very exhausted. (29 October 1993) 601. Meral Bestas Danis, Mesut Bestas, Sabahattin Acar, Baki Demirhan, Hüsniynie Olmez, Sinasi Tur and Arif Altinkalem, all lawyers who collaborate with the Human Rights Association in Diyarbakir, were arrested on 15 and 16 November 1993. They were reportedly being held incommunicado in police custody. (19 November 1993) 602. Ömer Celik, Hüseyin Ogurlu, Cemil Ögüt, Ethem Baysak and Abdurahman Elçi were arrested on the night of 18 November in Altinova, province of Mus, south-east Turkey, by members of the security forces. Another inhabitant, Mahfuz Elçi, arrested at the same time, was released a few hours later after having been tortured. (24 November 1993) 603. In addition to the lawyers mentioned in the appeal of 19 November 1993, the Special Rapporteur received further information adding the names of two other lawyers: Vedat Erten and Tahir Elçi (from Cizre). In addition, a third lawyer, Niyazi Cem was alleged to have been arrested by members of the anti-terror police of the State Security Court of Istanbul on 23 November 1993. (30 November 1993) Information received from the Government on cases included in previous reports 604. On 19 November 1992 the Special Rapporteur made an urgent appeal on behalf inter alia of Celal Meral, Ziya Ulusoyl and Mehmet Ustundaj, reported to have been arrested in Istanbul in November 1992. On 11 January 1993 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that they had been arrested, together with 19 others on 5 November 1992, during operations carried out in Istanbul against the terrorist organization TKP/C. After their interrogation, seven of them, including those listed above, had been imprisoned, on 20 November 1992, and the other 15 released by decision of the court before which they had been brought. They had not been subjected to any ill-treatment whatsoever while they were in police custody. 605. On 12 January 1993 the Government replied to the cases referred to in the following paragraphs, transmitted by the Special Rapporteur on 16 September 1992. 606. Mehmet Rauf Yildz, Murat Günes, Ibrahim Burakmat and Mehmet Hanifi Eser were reportedly arrested on 3 November 1991 in Diyarbakir. According to the Government they were placed in police custody on 12 November 1991 on suspicion of engaging in activities for the terrorist organization PKK. The medical report of the forensic physician certified that they were in good health. 607. Mithat Kutlu allegedly died while in custody in Diyarbakir on 18 April 1992. According to the Government, he was seriously injured when he was crushed in a crowd, during an illegal demonstration in Bismil on 18 April 1992. He died as a result of his injuries at the Diyarbakir hospital where he had been taken. An autopsy report had been made.