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Other students who tried to intervene were beaten off by the gendarmes.
Ms. Guiadem was taken to a garage where gendarmes allegedly continued to beat
and taunt her for two days and shaved her head with shards of broken glass.
She was subsequently moved to the gendarme detention facility where she was
kept until her release, without charge, on 11 May 1992.
Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in
previous reports
83.
On 2 March and 12 August 1993 the Government forwarded information on the
case of Hameni Bieuleu, arrested on 5 November 1992, on behalf of whom the
Special Rapporteur had made an urgent appeal on 2 December 1992. According to
the Government, Hameni Bieuleu was, until his release on 28 December 1992,
detained on the premises of the national gendarmerie in Yaoundé, and later in
Bamenda, in strict observance of the code on pre-trial proceedings governing
criminal procedure in Cameroon. Contrary to the reported allegations, he was
never subjected to any ill-treatment, nor was he deprived of medical care.
Indeed, the day after his arrest, his family, with Dr. Nouedoui of the
Yaoundé General Hospital, were authorized at their request to visit him and
take him the food they wanted (a letter addressed to the Minister of Defence
by Dr. Nouedoui advising that Hameni Bieuleu should be taken to hospital was
attached). After two expert tests in Yaoundé and in Bamenda, earlier clinical
examinations certifying that Mr. Bieuleu was a diabetic proved false.
According to the findings published by the National Human Rights and Freedoms
Committee, after interviews with Mr. Bieuleu during his detention, he had
never complained of ill-treatment.
Chad
Urgent appeals
84.
The Special Rapporteur made four urgent appeals on behalf of the persons
mentioned in the following paragraphs, with regard to whom fears were
expressed that they might be subjected to torture while in detention. The
dates on which the appeals were transmitted appear in brackets at the end of
the corresponding summaries.
85.
Lieutenant Sérayohim Doyo, non-commissioned Officer Hassane Kabo, staff
sergeant Ndouba Njadimadje and second-lieutenant Joachim Nodjihorkem Mbailaou,
all members of the Chadian National Army (ANT). According to the information
received, the first three persons were arrested in Doba on 6 February 1993 on
charges of having had contacts with the Committee of National Renewal for
Peace and Democracy. They were allegedly beaten and then transferred to the
military base of Moundou on 15 February. Joachim Nodjihorkem was reported to
have been arrested on 23 February after having been urgently summoned to
Moundou by his commander. All four were allegedly being held incommunicado
(8 April 1993).
86.
Some 220 persons were reportedly arrested on 8 August 1993 in N’Djamena
in the course of a demonstration during which clashes with the security forces
were said to have taken place. Most of the demonstrators were members of the
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