E/CN.4/1994/31 page 122 if they refused, to destroy all houses and kill those found still living there. They then took away the five people mentioned above. Ömer Ünal was reportedly being held in the house of the head of the village guards and the others in the school of Altinoluk village, under the surveillance of the gendarmerie team. It was also reported that they were all being subjected to torture. (14 September 1993) 591. The following persons were reported to be held in incommunicado detention at the anti-terror branch of Istanbul police headquarters: (a) Memik Horoz and his wife Sezemis were reportedly arrested in Istanbul on 17 September 1993 at the office of the political magazine, Partizan. Reportedly, Sezemis Horoz’ arm was broken when she was being detained. (b) Ismail Yilmaz, Ulku Daricioglu and Ethem Cilgin were allegedly arrested at their homes in Istanbul on the same day. Ahmet and Mehmet Polat were allegedly taken into custody on 20 September, also at their homes in Istanbul. (c) Fethiye Peksen, Alisan Yalçin, Harun Kartal, Ibrahim Dogus, Özlem Bilgin, Erkan Koç, Yesim Taciroglu, Perihan Sürücú, Mehmet Emin Yildirim, Kamil Kayan, Erdogan Aktas, Bekir Yazici, Aydin Yigit, Kemal Metin Sözeri, Murat Urekrsoy, Ercan Yesil, Yusuf Büyükdag and Sevim Yagan. These 18 persons were reportedly arrested during police operations in Istanbul which started on 17 September 1993. They were accused of being members of the illegal armed organization Devrimci Sol. (30 September 1993) 592. On 26 November 1993 the Government replied that Fethiye Peksen and 16 others had been arrested and taken into custody in the context of police operations carried out in Istanbul against the terrorist organization THKP/C-dev-Sol. Subsequently, the judicial authorities had decided to keep 14 of them in detention and release the other three. They had neither been subjected to ill-treatment nor prevented from having contacts with their relatives and lawyers. 593. Information was also received on the arrest of the following nine persons, reported to be held in incommunicado detention at the police headquarters in Van, eastern Turkey: Rukiye Seker, Sevda Seker, Ercan Seker, Adnan Seker, Sevket Aslan, Baris Karaagar and Iskender Elter. They were all reportedly arrested at their homes on 14 September 1993. Fuat Atalay and Cahit Ece were both reportedly arrested as they left work on 17 September 1993. (30 September 1993) 594. With respect to these nine persons the Government replied on 26 November 1993 that they had been arrested and taken into custody on 18 September 1993 on suspicion of giving assistance to PKK, killing under the name of this organization and attempting to set a school on fire. After their interrogation they had been brought before the judicial authorities who had decided to keep Boris Karagar, Sevket Aslan, Iskender Elter, Fuat Talay and Cahit Ece in detention. Medical reports indicated that they had not been ill-treated while in police custody.