E/CN.4/1995/34 page 98 507. Kiran Shrestha, Shankar Rokka, and Lochan Nepal, students aged between 14 and 16, were allegedly severely beaten in police custody on 23 August 1993 at the Barahathawa police station. They reportedly had apprehended a businessman who they believed was responsible for corrupt practices in the distribution of flood relief supplies, and they had taken him to the police station. Kiran Shrestha was allegedly beaten unconscious in the incident and taken to Janakopur hospital for emergency treatment. It was reported that the Malangwa Deputy Superintendent of Police requested the police inspector at Barahathawa police station to apologize for the beatings and that the inspector had replied that he would do so only if no official action were taken against him. Niger Urgent appeals 508. On 9 June 1994, the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government an urgent appeal on behalf of Aghali Awaiss, Moussa Oubba and Halid Daoul, Tuaregs who were reportedly arrested on 17 or 18 May 1994 in the area north of Agadez. They had allegedly been tortured and it was feared that they would continue to be subjected to torture in detention. The reports received also indicated that two other persons arrested at the same time had died as a result of torture and that since these arrests other members of the Tuareg community had been arrested and probably tortured. Nigeria Urgent appeals 509. On 30 May 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government an urgent appeal on behalf of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a writer and leader of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), who was arrested on 22 May 1994 following a raid on his house in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, south-east Nigeria. He was taken to the Bori military barracks in Port Harcourt where he was reportedly held incommunicado and denied access to medication he needed to take regularly due to a heart condition. He was also said to be kept in leg irons and handcuffs. 510. In a subsequent urgent appeal transmitted on 10 August 1994, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that he had received new information according to which during the preceding few days Ken Saro-Wiwa’s hands and legs had been kept in cuffs and he had been subjected to intense beatings. 511. On 15 August 1994 the Government replied that the right to physical and mental integrity of Ken Saro-Wiwa was fully protected as set forth in various international instruments and the Nigerian Constitution. It was not true that he had been subjected to intense beating nor had his hands and legs been in cuffs. On 10 November 1994 the Government further replied that Ken Saro-Wiwa was being given necessary medical attention and free access to his family and attorney.