E/CN.4/1993/26 page 43 183. Al-Shadhly Ebeid Al-Saghir, a lawyer, was arrested at Safaga by security service agents on 9 September 1991 and taken to the Central Security Forces camp at Hurghada. Before being transferred to the Istiqbal Tora prison he was severely beaten, suspended and given electric shocks. He had already been arrested on 7 June 1991 and subjected to torture, as a result of which his right arm was temporarily paralysed. 184. Abdel Moneim Gamal al-Din, a journalist with the weekly al-Shaab, in September 1989 was called into the SSI headquarters in Giza, from where he was taken, blindfolded, to Lazoughly. There he was tortured and interrogated while blindfolded for several hours by a number of officers. The torture involved the application of electric shocks to sensitive parts of the body as well as beatings that resulted in injuries and oedema in his hands, thighs and feet. 185. Talaat Fouad Qassem, an engineer, was arrested several times in 1988/89. In the Istiqbal Tora prison he was held in solitary confinement in the disciplinary wing in an extremely tiny cell in which all air outlets had been sealed with the exception of one small hole. He was denied healthy food, clean water, necessary medication, bedding and covering and was allowed out of the cell to go to the toilet for only a few minutes each day. He was also subjected to systematic torture at the SSI headquarters in Lazoughly, to which he would be taken from the prison in the period between 1.00 and 4.00 a.m. The torture at Lazoughly included severe beatings, pulling out the hairs of his beard, and the application of electric shocks. 186. Muhammad Rashad Abdurrahim al-Imam, from Mansoura, was arrested and severely beaten in front of his family, as a result of which he became deaf in the left ear and his left shoulder was dislocated. He was also given electric shocks. 187. Kassab Mohamed Abbas was arrested on 11 May 1988 and accused of forming an organization aiming at a coup d'état. Following his arrest, he was put on a chair that was suspended upside down. In this position he was beaten with a whip and leather belts. Subsequently he was transferred to Abuza'abal prison, where he was beaten, and to Tora prison where he spent 13 months in solitary confinement. 188. Tal'at Fuad Qassim, an engineer, was arrested in 1988 several times and held, among other places, in the SSI headquarters in Lazoughly and in the Tora prison. He remained for long periods in solitary confinement and was repeatedly beaten and given electric shocks. 189. Atif Jamil Mahmoud, from Minya, was arrested on 5 February 1992 by a security force of 20 men who took him to the new SSI building in Minya. He was reportedly kept handcuffed and lying on the floor while he was given electric shocks. When he was released a few hours later he was unable to move one of his arms and to urinate.