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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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