E/CN.4/1993/26 page 99 investigating the original offence. Even when the investigating judge orders a medical examination, this is not necessarily or usually carried out immediately. 439. The Government observed in a letter of 19 November 1992 to the Special Rapporteur that the allegations of ill-treatment transmitted on 21 August 1992 were not recent and went back to 1990-1991. They echoed part of a report Amnesty International had sent to the United Nations Centre for Human Rights to which the Government had responded in a detailed memorandum transmitted on 10 July 1992. In 1990-1991 extremists had stirred up disorder and tried to destabilize the country by means of organized violence. The instigators and authors of the disorders had been brought to trial in open court in August 1992. Following allegations of maltreatment a commission of inquiry consisting of independent personalities and representatives of NGOs concerned with the protection of human rights had been set up on the initiative of the President of the Republic. The commission, known as the Driss Commission, had made an exhaustive investigation of the allegations of ill-treatment. It had interviewed the persons concerned and their families, visited places of detention, examined records of persons in police custody and other relevant documents and had reported to the President in October 1991. The report, whose conclusions and recommendations have been published, found that some abuses had been committed and were the outcome of individual, isolated action contrary to State policy and the President's instructions. Following publication of the report administrative action was taken against some law enforcement officials, who were also subject to court proceedings under the legislation in force. 440. In addition, on the President's instructions assistance of an essentially social and humanitarian character was provided by the authorities to the victims and their families. This included the award of a grant and substantial pension, without prejudice to any compensation the courts might order. A second report following up the findings and recommendations of the Driss Commission's report was completed in July 1941 and published on the initiative of the President. Individual cases transmitted to the Government 441. Abdellatif Tlili was arrested on 21 November 1990 in Ariana and reportedly kept incommunicado for 42 days at the Ministry of the Interior. He was severely beaten while held in the "roast chicken" position. He also faced sexual abuse and underwent a mock execution. 442. Salah Hedri was arrested on 23 April 1991. the feet and beaten on his feet and knees. He was allegedly suspended by 443. Abdelkhaliq Alaoui was arrested in March 1991 at Ksour by the National Guard and held incommunicado for some days. He was then taken to the hospital where he was visited by a friend who saw his body covered with bruises. 444. Hamide ben Lazhar al-Said was arrested on 3 October 1991. During his detention he was made to sit on a bottle and needed 26 stiches in his rectum.