E/CN.4/1993/26 page 50 228. Stella Evgenikou was arrested on 18 July 1991 by some 10 riot policemen who kicked and beat her with truncheons. She was subsequently taken to police headquarters where she was reportedly hit again on her face. The Evangelismos Hospital found that she had bruises on her thorax and two fractured ribs. 229. The Government replied that the Council of Magistrates in Athens committed Constable Harilaos Dervas to a three-member magistrate's court to be tried for simple physical injury. When Ms. Evgenikou was informed of this, she lodged an appeal. No decision has yet been taken concerning this appeal. The Police Operations Division of Attica, when informed of the order of committal, ordered an administrative investigation; this investigation has not yet been completed. 230. Avgoustis Anastasakos was arrested in September 1991 on suspicion of theft at Patmos Island by policemen who, after tying his hands behind his back, kicked him in the neck, face and genital organs. Afterwards, they reportedly hit him on his back with cables and broke one of his teeth. 231. The Government reported that the Public Prosecutor of Kos ordered a preliminary examination by a judicial official in order to ascertain whether there was reason for penal action. This examination is still being carried out by a magistrate from Athens. The administrative investigation determined that the bruises and scratches borne by Avgoustis Anastasakos had been caused some days before his arrest and detention, according to the medical report, and that the behaviour of the police officers had been lawful and proper. 232. Pavlos Nathaniel and Kostas Diavolitsis were hit with clubs and kicked by policemen who handcuffed them together in September 1991, in Athens. As a result, Kostas Diavolitsis suffered bruising in the area around his right kidney and Pavlos Nathaniel needed stitches on his legs. 233. The Government replied that the final decision as to the circumstances of the injury of the above-mentioned and, more specifically, if this was accidental or if it was caused by the police officers who were chasing them, was under investigation by the competent court. The trial, during which the complainants are entitled to ask for an indemnity, will be held on 11 May 1993. The Ministry of Public Order is awaiting the judgement before deciding on disciplinary sanctions against the accused police officers. 234. The Special Rapporteur also transmitted to the Government information according to which on 2 November 1991 33 people were detained by six policemen who caught them putting up political posters in an Athens street. They were all taken to the headquarters of the Security Police on Alexadras Avenue, where some of them were subjected to ill-treatment. The following cases, in particular, were reported: (a) Yannis Ballis. He was beaten to the point of breaking one of his hands and threatened with execution; (b) Michael Bachsevanis. with being thrown out; He was hanged from a window and threatened