E/CN.4/1993/26 page 87 Senegal Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 395. In a reply dated 25 March 1992 the Government responded to the Special Rapporteur's letter of 14 February 1991 concerning the cases of Bibta Niassy, Laminé Sané, Fatima Diatta, Louis Sadio and other inhabitants of Kartiak and Atome Manel Diatta, Viviane Sagna and other women of the Colobane district. (See E/CN.4/1992/17, paras. 199 and 200) The Government stated: "no Sengalese authority, judicial or otherwise, has been seized of these cases by the supposed victims, by lawyers or even by anonymous informants ... However, to cite only these two examples, Atome Manel Diatta and Viviane Sagna, who were the subjects of file RP No. 19/90 and were placed in custody on 26 June 1990 after being charged by the examining magistrate, never made a statement to this effect, despite the availability of duly appointed counsel". 396. The Government also referred to the case of Samuel Assoua Diabone, Sékou Mary and Gabguilo Djibalène. In his letter the Special Rapporteur stated that he had been informed that the persons mentioned had died in consequence of torture. 397. The Government stated that the Attorney General had ordered an inquiry into the causes of the death of Samuel Assoua Diabone. As an outcome of the inquiry, proceedings had been initiated by the Ziguinchor examining magistrate. 398. In the case of Sékou Mary an inquiry had been initiated but the medical certificate referred only to superficial lesions, facial swelling and oedema of the left elbow. The lesions were insufficient to explain Sékou Mary's death which might have been due to some malady. No autopsy had been undertaken and none had been requested by the parents, who had simply accepted their daughter's body for burial. The public prosecutor had not considered it necessary to open proceedings as on the face of things the evidence ruled out homicide. 399. Ganguilo Djibalenè had been charged with the organization of an unlawful association and conspiracy to undermine the authority of the State and the integrity of the national territory. He had been taken into custody on 27 June 1990. He was admitted the same day to the special ward of the Aristide le Dantec hospital for "an infectious syndrome resulting from suppurating cutaneous wounds with many cutaneous abrasions". He died on 1 July 1990 and the enquiry failed to establish the cause of death. The deceased had been arrested at Casamance and treated in hospital before his transfer to Dakar, the seat of the competent judge. South Africa Information transmitted to the Government 400. By letter dated 12 November 1992 the Special Rapporteur communicated to the Government that he had received information on the following cases of death as a result of torture: