E/CN.4/1993/26 page 90 (l) Itziar Amezaga was arrested at her home in Getxo by civil guards on 29 January 1992. She was hooded and beaten and a plastic bag was put over her head. She was also sexually harassed; (m) José Maria Arazamendia, workman, was arrested at his home in Elorrio by civil guards on 29 January 1992. He was badly beaten; (n) Maria Angeles Larrea, housewife, was arrested at her home in Getxo by civil guards on 1 February 1992. She was beaten and sexually harassed; (o) José Félix Marías Matyrana, workman, was arrested at his home in Elorrio by civil guards on 3 February 1992. He was beaten and given electric shocks; (p) José Maria Azpitarte Ispizua, retired, was arrested at his home in Bermeo by civil guards on 5 February 1992. He was beaten and threatened; (q) Rosa María Arán Txakartegi, worker, was arrested in Gernika by civil guards on 5 February 1992. She was beaten. A plastic bag was placed over her head and she was given electric shocks on sensitive parts of the body. She was also sexually harassed; (r) Begoña Ezkerra, waitress, was arrested in Bermeo by civil guards on 6 February 1992. She was forced to do repeated knee bends, beaten, suffered sexual harassment and was nearly suffocated by means of a plastic bag placed over her head; (s) Alejandro Casanova, waiter, was arrested in Barakaldo by civil guards on 25 February 1992. He was forced to do repeated knee bends and beaten on the testicles, stomach and kidneys; (t) Felix Gonzalez Huidobro, unemployed, was arrested at his home in Barakaldo by civil guards on 25 February 1992. He was severely beaten, nearly suffocated by means of a plastic bag placed over his head, and given electric shocks; (u) Estanislao Davadillo, electrician, was arrested at his home in Barakaldo by civil guards on 25 February 1992. He was badly beaten, given electric shocks and suffered sexual harassment. 402. The Government states that all the persons listed were correctly treated. They were under judicial supervision at all times since the judge on duty at the high court and the judge of the place where the arrest took place were notified of the arrests immediately they occurred. All the detainees, with the exception of José Felix Marias Maturana and José María Azpitarte, who were released at area headquarters, were taken to civil guard headquarters and remained there until they made a statement for later presentation to the national court. While at the headquarters they were visited on various occasions by national court forensic medical practitioners who did not report lesions on any of them. 403. The Special Rapporteur was informed that under the Criminal Proceedings Law persons arrested by reason of suspected connections with an armed band