E/CN.4/1994/31 page 100 474. By the same letter the Special Rapporteur reminded the Government of allegations transmitted to it in 1992 regarding which no reply had been received. Saudi Arabia Urgent appeals 475. On 23 June 1993 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of ’Abdullah al-Hamed, a writer and lecturer at al-Imam Muhammad bin Saud University in Riyadh, as well as a founding member of Lujnat al-Difa’ ’an al-Hugug al-Shar’iyya (Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights). He was reportedly arrested at his house by members of al-Mabahith al-’Amma (General Intelligence) on 15 June 1993 and was being held in incommunicado detention. Fears were expressed that he might be subjected to torture. Another member of the above-mentioned Committee, Dr. Muhammad ’Abdullah al-Mas’ari, had also been held incommunicado since his arrest on 15 May 1993 and was said to have been deprived of sleep for prolonged periods. Senegal Information transmitted to the Government 476. By letter dated 26 August 1993 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government of reports he had received concerning the following persons: (a) Mody Sy, a parliamentarian belonging to the Senegalese Democratic Party was arrested in Dakar on 20 May 1993. He was held for one week in the police station on Thiong Street, where he was allegedly tortured to make him confess that he had taken part in the murder of the Vice-President of the Constitutional Council. According to the information received, electric shocks were applied to his fingers and genitals. One month later, he was still under medical treatment and his lawyer had reportedly not been able to get an investigation started into the allegations of torture. (b) Ramata Guèye, a mango seller, was arrested on 14 July 1993 in connection with the same investigation as Mr. Sy. She was allegedly tortured first at the Pout police station near Thiès and then at the Thiès police station. Two days later, she was released without charges. A medical report made after her release stated that she had bruises on the right hand and buttocks and a sprained finger; hair had been pulled out of her head and there was blood in her urine. Sierra Leone Urgent appeals 477. On 21 April 1993 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of Ernest Allen, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Defence; Fatmata Binta Jalloh, businesswoman; Foday Kallon, employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Rosaline Kamara, official at the Sierra Leone