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Observations
314. The Special Rapporteur hopes that, with the return of the de jure
Government, the hitherto endemic problem of torture in Haiti will become a
thing of the past. It will be incumbent on the Government to ensure that
there is a full investigation of the practice of torture, that those
responsible are identified and brought to justice and that reparation
involving fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as full a
rehabilitation as possible, is afforded the victims of torture.
Hungary
Information transmitted to the Government
315. By letter dated 20 April 1994 the Special Rapporteur advised the
Government that he had received information according to which dozens of Roma
were ill-treated on 21 May 1993 in Örkény when a group of police officers
searched houses after a German national had been robbed in a nearby motel.
Police were said to have used force indiscriminately, beating and spraying the
Roma neighbourhood with tear-gas. The following individuals were among those
injured in the incident:
316. Lakatos Lászlóné was allegedly beaten and had tear gas sprayed in her
face, as a result of which she fainted and was taken to hospital.
317. Fehér Péterné, five months pregnant, was allegedly beaten and sprayed
with tear gas. She later required medical treatment for injuries suffered as
a result of the ill-treatment and lost her child.
318. Radics Krisztián, aged 13, was reportedly taken to the police station in
Dabas and locked in a cell from 9 p.m. until 1.30 a.m., when his mother found
him unconscious, allegedly as a result of beatings by the police. The bruises
on his body were described in a medical certificate issued after the incident.
319. The Special Rapporteur also informed the Government of allegations he
had received in the case of Mohammed Radwan, a Jordanian national arrested
on 14 October 1993 in Budapest on illegal substance charges. Police allegedly
pulled a hood over his head, pushed him against a police car and kicked and
beat him. He was taken to hospital the next evening and had to undergo an
operation for the removal of his ruptured right testicle.
320. The Special Rapporteur also sent information alleging frequent
ill-treatment of foreign nationals in the Kerepestarcsa detention camp near
Budapest, where they were held while pending deportation or processing of
their asylum applications. On 17 April 1992, Kennedy Martins Anukam, a
Nigerian, was brought by the Budapest police to the camp, despite the fact
that he had a valid Hungarian work permit. He was allegedly taken the next
day from the dormitory by two police officers to a room where he was beaten
with truncheons and planks and kicked until he lost consciousness.
321. Finally, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following cases of
alleged ill-treatment inflicted on persons of foreign origin in the
5th district police station in Budapest:
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