E/CN.4/1994/31 page 67 Urgent appeals 326. The Special Rapporteur sent three urgent appeals to the Government on behalf of the people mentioned below, regarding whom fears were expressed that they might be subjected to torture while in detention. The dates on which the appeals were transmitted appear in parentheses at the end of the corresponding summaries. 327. Rui "Los Palos", a student in Singaraja, Bali, was reportedly arrested together with two other university students in Dili on 14 May 1993 by members of the military. (27 May 1993) 328. Martinho Rodrigues Pereira, a former East Timorese prisoner, was reportedly arrested on 5 July 1993 in Djakarta by members of the military intelligence forces under suspicion of assisting politically active East Timorese living in Djakarta. It was also reported that two other persons had been arrested in the same circumstances and that they all were being held incommunicado. (27 August 1993) 329. Fausto da Silva, Gil Lemos, Julio X da Silva, Sebastiao Pedro da Silva, Cristiano Araujo, Augusto Pachao Monteiro, Tinoco, Bento Pereira, Isac da Costa, Francisco da Silva, Benjamin Madeira, Alberto Carvalho, Hermenegildo Carvalho, Tiago de Jesus, Alberto Alves, Virgilio Augusto, Tomás da Costa, Olimpio Castro, Januário de Jesus, José de Jesus, Pedro Patima, Januário alias Aleixo, Casimiro Andrade, Jovito das Dores, Rosalino Pereira, Gustavo Sarmento, Jánio Lobato, Simplicio Madeira, Antonio Baptista, Fernando Tilman, José S. Bento, Lito da Costa, Joaquim Sarmento, Aníbal Magno, Danociano dos Mártires, José Manuel, Francisco Atanásio, Octaviano dos Santos, Aleixo de Jesus Tilman, Gelito Freitas da Silva, Ambrósio da Costa Sarmento, Domingos Dontel Faria, Constáncio Manuel Alves, Narcisio Madeira Neves, Leónio María das Dores, Eufrásio G. Nieves, Atanasio P. Gaspar, Celestino Morato da Cunha and Claudio Cortinhal were, according to the reports, among a larger group of students who were arrested by Indonesian security forces in Dili, East Timor, in advance of a visit to the territory by members of the United States Congress on 1 and 2 September 1993. No indication had allegedly been given by the authorities about their place of detention despite repeated requests by the families. (13 September 1993) 330. The Special Rapporteur also made an appeal, under Commission resolution 1993/64, on behalf of Gabriella Lopes de Cruz Pinto, the wife of Constancio Pinto, an East Timorese to whom the Government’s attention had been called on 29 April 1991 because of allegations received according to which he had been subjected to torture in January 1991. Mr. Pinto made a statement before the Commission on Human Rights in March 1993 and expressed his fear that by making a public statement he might be putting the lives of his wife and family, residing in Dili, in danger. According to the information received, Gabriella Lopes was arrested on 12 April and taken to a military intelligence base, Wisma Senopati II, for interrogation about her husband’s activities. After being interrogated she was released, but on 13 April she was reportedly visited a number of times by military intelligence personnel and again taken away for questioning. This appeal was transmitted to the Government on 21 April 1993.