E/CN.4/1993/26 page 114 Replies received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 530. On 31 March 1992 the Government stated that Sait Seyit Ahmad (E/CN.4/1992/17, para. 253) had been taken into custody by the Ankara police on 14 March 1991 on suspicion of having formed a criminal organization and was detained the same day. He was acquitted by the Ankara State Security Court and released on 14 May 1991. A medical report confirms that he was not subjected to torture of maltreatment while in custody. 531. On 16 and 20 December 1991 the Government stated that the case of Huseyin Toraman (E/CN.4/1992/17, para. 243 (n)) who was said not to have been seen since 27 October 1991, was being investigated by the competent authorities. According to the competent units of the Ministries of Justice and of the Interior, M. Toraman had not been taken into custody or arrested by the authorities. On the complaint of Mr. Toraman's father an investigation had been initiated by the Fatih (Istanbul) prosecutor. The authorities believe the disappearance may have resulted from a clash between illegal factions. 532. Sayan Yalçin, Sedat Erözsoy, Mehmet Gücel, Ayse Sultan Yazici and Muhittin Civelek (E/CN.4/1992/17, para. 250 (b)) were, the Government stated on 8 January 1992, arrested on 5 January 1991 for assisting and concealing members of THKP/C Devrimci-Sol and organizing the escape from prison of members of that terrorist organization. They were sent to prison by the Istanbul State Security Court on 18 November 1991. The Ministry of the Interior has confirmed that they were not subjected to maltreatment or torture while in custody. 533. The Government stated on 8 January 1992 that Cengiz Gejili (E/CN.4/1992/17, para. 250 (d)) had never been taken into custody by the Gaziantep police, where there was no record of him. Information submitted by the Government in connection with Commission resolution 1992/42 534. In a letter dated 3 November 1992 the Government transmitted an inventory of acts of violence against civilians committed by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) between 29 August 1991 and 2 October 1992. Since 1984 the PKK is reported to have killed over 1,000 civilians and seriously injured many more. Uganda Information transmitted to the Government 535. By letter dated 12 November 1992 the Special Rapporteur communicated to the Government that he had received information concerning torture and ill-treatment of prisoners held by the National Resistance Army (NRA) in the north, as well as in barracks in the Kampala area.

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