E/CN.4/1994/31 page 120 It was reported that the prosecutor’s office had granted permission to hold them for 15 days. Ethem Elma, Savas Dörtyol, Methem Onder and Gülay Yücel were reported to be in very bad condition as a result of heavy torture. (5 July 1993) 580. On 16 August 1993 the Government replied that on 21 June 1993, the office of the weekly paper Devrimci Cözüm had been attacked by five armed unidentified persons. During the attack, Cafer Giritli, Ozgür Akbulut, Nurcan Güzel, Erkan Yalçin, Gülay Kahraman and Onder Dursun who were in the office, had been injured. There had been an inquiry into the incident and police operations had been started. During these operations, the suspects mentioned in the appeal had been arrested and placed in police custody. After being interrogated, they had been released by the court authority. It had been established that, while in police custody, the persons in question had not been subjected to any form of ill-treatment. 581. Ramazan Kiran, his father Mehmet Kiran, Vahap Celik and Izzetin Celik were reportedly arrested in the village of Atala near Mazidagi in the province of Mardin on 17 June and taken to the gendarmerie station at Derik for interrogation. It was reported that Mehmet Kiran was transferred to Diyarbakir State Hospital when his condition deteriorated and his arm was broken, allegedly as the result of torture. (5 July 1993) 582. With respect to these cases the Government replied that Mehmet Kiran, Vahap Celik and Izzettin Celik had not been taken into custody. Ramazan Kiran and Adbulvahap Ceri had been arrested on 14 June 1993 and taken into custody by the Mardin gendarmerie. Under questioning, Ramazan Kiran had confessed to his participation inter alia in the activities of the terrorist organization PKK, in a murder and in the armed attack on the house of the mayor of the village of Atalar. Ramazan Kiran and Abdulvahap Ceri had been brought before the judicial authorities on 8 July 1993 and placed in detention in Mardin prison by judicial decision. They had not been subjected to any form of ill-treatment or torture while in custody and the proceedings had been conducted in accordance with the law. 583. Ramazan Malgir, Hasan Temiz, Nurettin Temiz and Halef Bortas were among the villagers arrested on 21 June 1993, during a raid by the security forces on the village of Ortasar, in the province of Diyarbakir. Two of the villagers who were released the following day reportedly returned to the village in very bad condition, allegedly as a result of torture. The remaining detainees were said to be held in incommunicado detention at the Diyarbakir gendarmerie headquarters, and fears were expressed that they might be interrogated under torture. (5 July 1993) 584. With regard to these cases the Government replied that these persons had been taken into custody under suspicion of carrying out activities on behalf of PKK and of helping that organization. The Court of National Security, before which they were brought, had decided to place them in detention. They had not been subjected to any form of ill-treatment or torture and the proceedings had been conducted in accordance with the law. No one else had been taken into custody following the operations in question.