E/CN.4/1993/26 page 68 (b) Information transmitted to the Government regarding individual cases 288. Sharif Natsheh and his brother Ashraf, from Hebron, were reportedly arrested on 21 April 1991 and taken to the military headquarters. They were severely kicked and beaten in several parts of the body, including the soles of their feet, and given electric shocks several times. 289. Ramzi Da'na, from Hebron, was reportedly arrested on 16 September 1991 and taken to the police centre at the headquarters. He was severely beaten, specially on his thighs, face, kidneys and the soles of his feet and given electric shocks. 290. Amneh'Abd al-Jabbar Rimawi, Deputy Chair of the General Federation of Trade Unions in the West Bank and head of the Labour Studies Centre in Ramallah, was reportedly arrested and taken for interrogation on 12 November 1991 after reporting to the Moscobiyyah Detention Centre in Jerusalem where she had been summoned. She was later transferred to the Hebron (al-Khalil) prison. In both places she is said to have been subjected to torture. 291. Suad Ganeim, from Faradis, was arrested on 5 August 1991 and taken to the Jalame detention centre, where she was interrogated for 24 hours without interruption. She was obliged to stand for several hours while hooded and handcuffed. 292. Nariman Shamasna, aged 17, from Katana, Ramallah region, was arrested on 26 August 1991 and taken to the detention centre of the Russian Compound where she was severely beaten. 293. Fatme Abu-Khdeir, from Shonafat, Jerusalem, was arrested and severely beaten before being transferred to the Russian Compound. She was obliged to stand for hours while hooded and handcuffed. 294. Ghazat Hassan Abu Khadir and Saladin Abu Khadir were arrested on 1 July 1991 by agents of the Shin Beth (General Security Services) and taken to the Ramallah prison where they were severely beaten. Ghazat Hassan Abu Khadir was deprived of sleep for ten days. 295. The Special Rapporteur also received information on the arrest and subsequent torture of several Palestinians carried out in the West Bank on 22 January 1992 by the Israeli security forces who accused them of membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The following names, in particular, were reported: (a) Mustafa 'Akkawi. He was taken to Hebron (al-Khalil) prison, where he was held for several days in a very cold corridor, hooded and handcuffed to a chair and deprived of sleep while he was being interrogated. On the night of 3/4 February 1992, he had a heart attack, but a medic did not identify any illness and did not refer him to a doctor. He was then placed in one of the narrow cells commonly called "refrigerators", but he collapsed shortly afterwards and died;

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