E/CN.4/1993/26 page 97 (c) Munir Francis, a civil engineer, reportedly died as a result of torture in April 1990 after he was admitted to al-Muwassat Civil Hospital in Damascus suffering from internal bleeding. When his body was returned to his family it apparently bore the marks of beatings; 429. In addition to the above-mentioned, the Special Rapporteur made urgent appeals on behalf of the following persons, with regard to whom fears were expressed that they might be subjected to torture while being held incommunicado. The dates on which the appeals were sent appear in brackets at the end of the corresponding summary. 430. Aktham Nu'Aysa, Muhammad 'Ali Habib and Amjad Bahbuha were reportedly arrested in Latagiyya on 18 December 1991 by members of Al-Mukhabarat Al-'Askariyya (military intelligence) and held incommunicado with no access to a lawyer or to their families. It was also reported that they were all tortured and that, as a result, Aktham Nu'Aysa suffered a kidney complaint and had to be admitted to Harasta Military Hospital near Damascus. (24 January 1992). 431. Samir Nu'Aysa, a civil engineer, was arrested on 18 January 1992 in Lataqiyya by members of military security. He had reportedly been detained in order to put pressure on his brother, Aktham Nu'aysa (held incommunicado in Harasta Military Hospital) to give information about the Committee for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria. (7 February 1992) 432. With respect to this case, the Government reported, on 26 March 1992, that Samir Nu'Aysa was not arrested in order to bring pressure on his brother to reveal information concerning the Committee for the Defence of Democractic Freedom and Human Rights in Syria; he was arrested in connection with his membership of the illegal Communist Action Party, and so was his brother. The question of the Committee for the Defence of Democractic Freedoms and Human Rights, which was in no way involved in this matter, was raised without any justification in an attempt to condone its acts and win the sympathy of international organizations. Victims of acts of violence carried out by the said party brought civil actions against Samir Nu'Aysa, who was indicted in the presence of his lawyer and tried in accordance with the legal and humanitarian procedures that were observed in the country. 433. 'Abd al-'Azis al Khayyir, a doctor; Bahjat Sha'bu, former medical student and Khadija Dib, from Latagiyya, were reportedly arrested in Damascus at the beginning of February 1992 by members of military intelligence in connection with the prohibited Hizb al-'Amal al-Shuyu'i, Party for Communist Action. (18 February 1992). 434. Akram Salim Ishti, a doctor and lecturer at the American University in Beirut, was reportedly arrested in January 1992 by Syrian security forces in Beirut and taken to Damascus; Dani Mansurati, a Lebanese, was reportedly arrested by members of military intelligence on 9 May 1992 while being driven in a friend's car in a Damascus street; he was reportedly being held incommunicado at the headquarters of air force intelligence in Damascus. Rozit'Isa was said to have been arrested in February 1992 by members of Amn-al-Dawla, general intelligence. Marwan Ghazi, a manager in the Dar al-Asimah Publishing House in Damascus, was said to have been arrested on